On February 9, 2020 I attended the Krewe du Vieux and Krewe deLusion, which took place in the French Quarter. This was the first parade I attended in New Orleans. This parade was very close to bourbon, so there were endless people out having a great time. When we first arrived to the parade we had a hard time finding the route because there were so many people. I actually lost a couple of my friends in the crowds. Once we found the proper location, I noticed that the audience of the crowd was mainly older adults. Once the parades started coming through I realized the reason.
In this specific parade the floats had a sex related theme to them. There were many people who were half naked participating in this parade. The floats themselves were also just highly inappropriate, but in a humourous way. This was the reason for why it was mainly older adults in the crowds viewing this parade. I was very appalled to see all of this because everyone was acting like nothing was wrong and enjoying themselves. I personally had many mixed emotions, but they were mainly good feelings. It was a very enjoyable parade to witness. Since this was my first parade, this parade caught me off guard. Base off this one parade I thought that most of the parades were going to be inappropriate from there on. I honestly just did not know what to expect. I definitely will be in attendance again next year!
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