‘We just wanted to bring that Louisiana culture here’: Mardi Gras celebration fills DC streets

It may be six months until Fat Tuesday, but on Saturday, D.C.’s Chinatown looked and sounded like the Big Easy.

Floats and marching bands rolled down 7th Street NW as beads flew toward crowds lining the route, creating a scene more commonly associated with New Orleans’ Bourbon Street.

Among those reaching for beads was 4-year-old Caleb, who stood across from the grandstand on G Street NW…

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