Comments | entheos93: Krewe of Barkus

entheos93

Krewe of Barkus

Jan 29, 2008 12:53

This is one of my favorites of all the Mardi Gras parades. People dress up their dogs and parade them around. Seriously. It's unbelievably silly and cute.
Yes, there is a Royal Court. They are chosen from shelter dogs. Here's Lucy, this year's Queen-

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crankycatlady January 29 2008, 19:45:43 UTC

How cute! It may just be my perspective, but that dog looks six feet tall.

My cat is a New Orleanian. I should have brought her down and dressed her up. Er... on second thought... I guess there's a reason you don't see cats in parades.

entheos93 January 29 2008, 20:28:29 UTC

There is- it was tried, but it was like herding cats!
Lucy actually is a very big dog, but I think it is more the angle than anything else.

gutterboylive January 29 2008, 21:41:51 UTC

We had the Krewe of Endymeow for a couple of years. As best I remember, the cats stayed in cages, which were decorated for the season. And it was held indoors (?).

I remember when Barkus was just a few hundred people on a Sunday - mostly gays/lesbians and their dogs. Now it's tens of thousands, and kids come from all over to show off their pets (all of which are pretty well-behaved; both the kids and the pets). The king and queen of Barkus are even taken to lunch at Galatoire's on the Friday before for bones served on bone china.

And it now raises beaucoup bucks for the Humane Society, which needs the money badly.