\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn South Cameron, the Mardi Gras use cattle trailers to ride throughout the countryside, notes Waguespack. Both men and women can ride together. They make stops at businesses and residences, still chase chickens, and come together afterward for the communal dancing and gumbo. There\u2019s even a chicken chasing event for the kids.<\/p>\n
Traditional costumes as well as modern variations are permitted and here, the burlap whip does make an appearance. The new South Cameron courir<\/i> has been held two weekends before Mardi Gras day, but that is always subject to change.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo many rural communities had courirs<\/i> in the past,\u201d notes Waguespack. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to keep up with them. My friend, Kalem Dartez says his family once ran the one that took place in Holmwood. There, the tradition included a competition for who had the fanciest streamers pouring from the point of their capuchons<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Some places wear screen masks with painted features; others may have sewn-on cloth features. Long fabric masks are used as well. And there then are the ones that add the long noses, which may look phallic, but it\u2019s all in good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than anything, Waguespack says his group formed in the hopes that their beloved communities in Lower Cameron will thrive again soon, enabling the residents to continue to pass on their culture, heritage, and way of life to future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you live in this part of the Deep South, the holidays are not over when the Christmas tree comes down.\u00a0 Jan. 6 is the feast of the Epiphany, also designated as Twelfth Night, when the countdown to Mardi Gras begins. Whether you celebrate in New Orleans, Mobile, or Mamou, folks will dress extravagantly for [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[917,2289],"yoast_head":"\n
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