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Costumes, beads give way to ashes
NEW ORLEANS — Officers on horseback cleared Bourbon Street early today, declaring an end to Carnival 2012 as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent, the period of fasting and repentance before Easter. Streams of people poured into the French Quarter as the sun began to set Tuesday to continue the party that began earlier along the city’s traditional Garden District family-friendly parade route which follows stately St. Charles Avenue. READ MORE »
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