What Happens to Mardi Gras Beads After Festival Ends? - Bloomberg
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The city of New Orleans pulled 93,000 pounds of beads from just five blocks of storm drains in 2018.
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What Happens to Mardi Gras Beads After Festival Ends? - Bloomberg
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Attendees catch beads from floats at a parade during Fat Tuesday News Photo - Getty Images
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How to throw Mardi Gras beads properly at Universal
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What Happens to Mardi Gras Beads After Festival Ends? - Bloomberg
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The History of Popular Mardi Gras Traditions
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What Is Mardi Gras? The REAL History and Traditions Explained by Newtral Groundz – Dat NOLA Chic
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What Happens to Mardi Gras Beads After Festival Ends? - Bloomberg
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The destructive life of a festival bead
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Mardi Gras may be over but what will happen to all those beads?
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When Is Mardi Gras 2023? Don't Let Tricky Dates Make You Miss the Big Bash
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