The parade started at Port and Royal in Marigny, where a krewe of locals donned hand-made costumes adorned with dried red beans and rice. We found them on Lundi Gras, on their parade walk to the Backstreet Cultural Museum, outside of the Orange Couch. Here were a few of the characters we got to see…

 Close-up of a Vest from the Krewe of Red Beans and Rice Elvis is alive? At the Krewe of Red Beans and Rice Every...body loves beans! A family of Paraders at the Krewe of Red Beans and Rice on Lundi Gras 2014