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{padding:10px 0 0 0;} UK version International version News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia UK Business Health Science/Nature Technology Entertainment ----------------- Have Your Say In family vacation Pictures Week at a Glance Country Profiles In Depth Programmes BBC family vacation Sport BBC Weather On This Day Newswatch Last Updated: Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 09:19 GMT E-mail this to a friend In pictures: Mardi Gras in New Orleans Tens of thousands of revellers have been packing the streets of New Orleans for the annual Mardi Gras celebrations. Fun and frivolity supplanted the family vacation sombre mood in a city devastated by Hurricane Katrina six months ago. Colourful floats, marching bands and elaborate costumes competed for attention. Everywhere there were references to Hurricane Katrina. These revellers dressed as blind levee inspectors, in reference to the breached levees that caused the flooding. One group wore the labels from Meals Ready to Eat that were served up to thousands of people in the storm's aftermath.
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