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At midnight, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison, and police officers and first responders from several agencies perform the traditional sweep of Bourbon Street to mark the end of Mardi Gras 2017 on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
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Here are some of our favorite photos from across metro New Orleans.
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The elaborate suits of the Golden Blades Mardi Gras Indians on Mardi Gras day on Tuesday, February 28, 2017.
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The Elks Orleanians truck parade featuring 4,200 riders on 105 trucks and the Crescent City truck parade with 2,000 riders on 50 trucks follows Rex down the traditional Uptown route on Mardi Gras Day, 2017.
Created on February 27, 2017
In the 6th Ward neighborhood of Treme in New Orleans, where history and culture run extraordinarily deep, lives a tradition that dates back nearly 200 years to 1819. It is the tradition of the North Side Skull & Bones Gang to rise before dawn, costumed as skeletons, to wake people up to Mardi Gras day. It is an African American Creole ritual filled with songs, dancing and the ceremonial knocking on doors - all before the sun rises and the first parade begins, Tuesday February 28, 2017. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
Created on February 27, 2017
The Society of St. Anne walking krewe meanders up through the Bywater and Marigny neighborhoods before rolling through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day, Feb. 28, 2017.
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The krewes of Elks Jefferson and Jefferson followed Argus on the Veterans Blvd. parade route Feb. 28, 2017.
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The Krewe of Argus parade took over Veterans Blvd. on Mardi Gras Day 2017.
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The Mardi Gras Indians were out in force as Mardi Gras 2017 got underway.
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The Zulu parade is the first to roll on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans Feb. 28, 2017.
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Rex rolls through the streets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day Feb. 28, 2017.
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Mardi Gras 2017 in all its craziness was on full display in the New Orleans French Quarter.
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The Red Beans parade second lines up through the Bywater and Marigny neighborhoods in New Orleans on Lundi Gras, Feb. 27, 2017.
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Zulu and Rex at Woldenberg Park and Spanish Plaza on Lundi Gras at in New Orleans Monday, February 27, 2017. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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Tulane Athletic Director Troy Dannen and his wife, Amy, both Iowa natives experience culture shock by riding in Orpheus on Monday, February 27, 2017. They moved to NOLA in December 2015 so this is their first Mardi Gras experience as riders. (Photo by Ted Jackson | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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The superkrewe of Orpheus rolled down the traditional Uptown parade route on Monday night (Feb. 27). Orpheus, co-founded in 1993 by Harry Connick Jr., is known for its celebrity riders. This year, Will Forte was Orpheus' monarch. He was joined by fellow cast members of the TV series "The Last Man on Earth," Kristin Schaal, Mel Rodriguez, Mary Steenburgen and Cleopatra Coleman. Other celebrity riders include rocker Bret Michaels and actor Evan Rachel Wood of HBO's "Westworld." (Photo by Ted Jackson | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
Created on February 27, 2017
From the New Orleans Saints-themed fun of Bacchus to cavorting about the French Quarter, residents and tourists soaked up the sun and enjoyed Mardi Gras 2017 on Sunday (Feb. 26). Our photographers were there to capture the good times.
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Celebrations build up the day before Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Monday, February 27, 2017.
