2015년 사육제, 2/2, 참회 화요일 등 : Carnival 2015, Part II: Mardi Gras and More

ALAN TAYLOR

Carnival season 2015 is wrapping up, and colorful images from Europe and the Americas keep coming in. Collected here are more photos from just the past few days of Mardi Gras and Carnival festivities in New Orleans, Rio, Belgium, Panama, Germany, France, and more..

• A reveler makes her way through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17. 

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• The Society of Saint Anne parade on Mardi Gras day in the Marigny section of New Orleans on February 17. 

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• A reveler makes his way through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17. 

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• People pack Bourbon Street beneath the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans on Mardi Gras day in the French Quarter on February 17. 

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• Rex, King of Carnival, Christian T. Brown, toasts his queen on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17. 

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• Members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club parade down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17. 

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• A float rider places beads around the neck of a child during Krewe of Proteus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans on February 16. 

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• The Krewe of Rex parade rolls through downtown New Orleans on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17. 

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• A reveler in the French Quarter on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17 

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• People dressed as the 'Sisters Of No Mercy' walk through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 17. 

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• Parade-goers vie for beads and trinkets during the Krewe of Proteus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans on February 16, the day before Mardi Gras. 

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• People step over trash in the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in the French Quarter of New Orleans on February 18. 

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• In Gijon, northern Spain, two mothers and their children eat before participating in the parade of the Carnival on February 16. 

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• The parade of the Carnival in Gijon, northern Spain, on February 16 

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• Performers wearing devil masks dance in the street during Carnival celebrations in Panama City on February 16. 

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• Bathed with suds, people dance in the street during Carnival celebrations in Panama City on February 16. 

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• In Nice, southeastern France, a float named "Carnavalon" in the 131st Nice carnival parade on February 17 

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• ''Momotxorros'' take part in the carnival wearing his typical carnival dress, in Alsasua, northern Spain, on February 17. Momotxorro, characters who seem to have been resurrected from a prehistoric ritual, come out onto the town's streets. Wearing horns and hiding their faces under headscarves, they are dressed in a white sheet stained with blood, sheepskin gilets, blue trousers, white socks and black sandals. They tour the town roaring fiercely and brandishing their wooden staves, goading and frightening everyone who gets in their way. 

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• Revelers in traditional costumes and carnival masks parade through the German village of Elzach in the Black Forest on February 15. The traditional Elzach Carnival parade with its fool character called "Schuttig" ('ghastful') which dates back to the year 1530, is to exorcise the winter. 

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• A Gille of Binche throws an orange while taking part in the parade during the carnival event in Binche, Belgium, on February 17. The Binche carnival is the biggest and the liveliest annual event in Belgium. Up to 1,000 Gilles parade in the city center of Binche, wearing a red, yellow and black medieval costume hung with bells and decorated with fluffy lace at the neck, wrists and ankles. 

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• Gilles of Binche parade during the carnival event in Binche, Belgium, on February 17. 

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• In Rio de Janeiro, a performer from the Uniao da Ilha do Governador samba school parades at the Sambadrome on February 17. 

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• A performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school in Rio on February 17 

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• A child cheers Beija Flor samba school performers in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on February 17. 

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• Performers from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parade in the Sambadrome on February 17 

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• A float from the Sao Clemente samba school rides through the Sambadrome in Rio on February 16. 

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• Performers from the Sao Clemente samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro on February 16. 

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• Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school at the Sambadrome on February 17. 

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• Performers from the Sao Clemente samba school at the Sambadrome on February 16 

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• A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome on February 17. 

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