Spanish Town (the oldest neighborhood in Baton Rouge) Mardi Gras celebrations begin when plywood flamingos are placed in City Park Lake. Here a flamingo is kidnapped for relocation in someone's yard--all part of the tradition.
I know this is an older picture, but I remember one year when I was living on campus at LSU I passed by the lake either going home or coming back and I saw it filled with flamingos. I couldn't figure out what it was for but it gave me a good laugh. Nice to finally know! :)
@ithinkithunk I laughed when I read your comment. When they first started putting those flamingos in the lake, I drove by there every day and couldn't figure it out either until I read about it in the paper. Now they don't stay there very long. The day I took these photos some college-aged guys were hauling in about 10 of them--and it was a cold, windy day, not much fun on the water!
March 21st, 2014
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