While not as well known as the big city festivities, the rural Mardi Gras of south Louisiana is a rousing time had by the masses. My son and I drove up on Sunday to my home town of Church Point, Louisiana where we met up with my brother and participated in the Courir de Mardi Gras. At 46yo a 5 hour horseback ride is not the most exciting thing I could think of doing but by 0900 AM and several beers the good times were on. This was my son's first time participating in the ride and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. The first link is a basic rundown on rural Mardi Gras tradition for those unfamiliar and the second is a youtube vid of some of what goes on. If you seach for chicken chase Mardi Gras you will get many videos of rural mardi gras in south LA.
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Dude, brings me back to my youth catching the chickens on the farm... never did it drunk though... Oh the wheels are turning!! 
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I worked Mamou this year. Lotta good people no trouble at all. Much better than New Roads Last Mardi Gras!
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