Barkus

There are a lot of parades in New Orleans in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras. Some of them (particularly the parades of the weekend before and actual days of) Mardi Gras are huge, while others are merely big. Despite what you may hear, they don't let any of the big ones into the French Quarter these days -- too many people, and too much of a hazard. There are a number of small parades though, including this one, which is whimsically entitled "Barkus". It's dog-themed, and lots of people go take their dogs and their music and walk it through through the high points of the quarter.

Snapped this as we were actually trying to get *away* from Barkus, which was so crowded you could barely see the dogs.