I guess you could say that New Orleans has taken in a 'new' Mardi Gras. On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 a new parade took place. As we, 'locals' or Saints fans, like to call Lombardi Gras. Well at least that was the nickname given for the day the Saints Super Bowl Parade took place in the city. And they say some 800,000 to 1,000,000 people were there to help the Saints celebrate their amazing victory in becoming World Champions. And I believe it. The spirit of everyone, young or old, was definitely present. This day was like Fat Tuesday. Except the colors of Purple, Green, and Gold were replaced with Black and Gold. (Which actually...that theme seemed to stick throughout this Mardi Gras season.) People were dressed up in anything Saints... I mean anything. Chants of 'Who Dat' were being shared among the crowd along with singing 'Oh When the Saints...' . The city of New Orleans supports their team like no other and what's amazing about this evident relationship is that the team supports the city of New Orleans. All I can say, is that I'm proud to be a part of the Who Dat Nation!
The following photos were taken right before the Saints Parade or 'Lombardi Gras'!
I wanted to share these, so that maybe those who were not there, could get a glimpse or a feeling of what the city was all about during this time. I hope these images do it justice. Just listen to your favorite Saints song as you look at these snapshots of this historic day... ;)
(Original image above taken by Paul Solouki.)
(Original image above taken by Paul Solouki.)
(Look closely...)
(In case you missed it...)
The next post...the actual parade. So stay tuned... ;)
1 comment:
I LOVE all the pictures! That is so exciting. Wish we could have been there - so it was awesome seeing the pictures. We hated missing all the excitement so we are heading to NOLA for Spring Break!
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