“Everyone was just having a really good time, everyone was in a great mood,” said Felix Muzquiz who is involved with the Tower District Marketing Committee.
The real Mardi Gras also took place yesterday. You may have seen some of the same things at that one, too, including Cadillac hearses, purple and gold beads and various floats to celebrate the start of Lent. Lent is a 40-day period in which many people abstain from certain foods or activities until Easter as an act of penance.
It’s great that people can still let loose and let themselves party and have a good time despite the grim economic times the nation is going through. If you don’t learn to have a good time during the troubles, though, you’ll just end up going insane!
