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Weird, wacky and wild Mardi Gras

March 8, 2011 / 1:46 PM EST / CBS News

Costumed revelers walk down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

Jim Kelly of Tulsa, Okla., calling himself "Nurse Candy," at Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Herschel Abbott, Jr. in New Orleans is "Rex", Mardi Gras' King of Carnival 2011.

A member of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club tosses beads to revelers on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans.

Members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club toss beads to revelers as they parade down St. Charles Avenue on a float in New Orleans.

A reveler is buried in beads in New Orleans.

Members of the Krewe of Thoth Mardi Gras parade look for revelers as their float rolls down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans.

Fat Tuesday 2011: Weird, wacky and wild Mardi Gras photos

Members of the the Krewe of Thoth Mardi Gras parade toss beads to revelers from a float on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans