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The AP's Rich Matthews reports from New Orleans on Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras celebrations.
HEADLINE: Revelers ready for Fat Tuesday
CAPTION: The streets of New Orleans are packed as locals and tourists get ready for Fat Tuesday parades (Feb 20)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
(SOT) Catherine Haynes/Tourist
"you just see a lot...
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Australia - Gay and lesbian Mardi Gras
More than 650,000 people flocked to Sydney on Friday (27/02) to join in the giant conga-line that is the world's biggest Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The three hour parade is the culmination of a month long festival of the Sydney Gay and...
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The NOMTOC Mardi Gras parade marches through a Katrina-ravaged section of New Orleans that most parades never get to see
HEADLINE: A Mardi Gras parade for the whole family
CAPTION: The NOMTOC Mardi Gras parade marches through a Katrina-ravaged section of New Orleans that most parades never get to see. (Feb. 17)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
(Parade video)
"Happy...
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Traditions hold at post-Katrina Mardi Gras
1. Pan left people setting up tents before dawn
3. Various men cooking barbecue
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Clarence Johnson, spectator:
"You can't ruin our day. This is the best day, this is my day, this is Mardi Gras - the greatest free...
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Mardi Gras revellers celebrate the peak of the carnival season
1. Mid of man playing music on bicycle
2. Wide of revellers walking around in costume
3. Mid of man dressed in wig, glasses and smoking cigar
4. Wide of revellers standing around in costume
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joshua Ente, Mardi Gras...
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Mardi Gras begins as New Orleans continues to recover from Katrina
1. Wide pan of marching band
2. Medium of people in costumes throwing beads from a float
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joellen James, parade organiser:
"We call it Black Saturday over here. All over, wherever the parade is, along the route,...
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Mardi Gras continues to capture the party spirit in New Orleans
HEADLINE: Skin, beads and beer in the Big Easy
CAPTION: Mardi Gras continues to capture the party spirit in New Orleans (Feb. 18)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:(vo)--video of crowd, wide shots]
[Notes: shots of people drinking, partying...
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New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations, adds Bourbon Street
1. Wide shot US troops holding flags at start of parade
2. Marching bands passing spectators
3. Close up Zulu dancers
4. Parade marchers with band
5. Crowd at side of road
6. Various band and dancers marching
7. Wide shot New...
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Culmination of New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations
1. Wide shot US troops holding flags at start of parade
2. Marching bands passing spectators
3. Close up Zulu dancers
4. Parade marchers with band
5. Crowd at side of road
6. Various band and dancers marching
7. Wide shot Mayor Ray...
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Economic crisis inspires carnival goers
New Orleans - 4 February 2012
1. Wide of City Hall parade float, zoom into shot of legs coming out of a tent on top of City Hall, satirising "Occupy " issue
2. Close up of sign reading (in English) "City Hell"
3. Close up of sign reading...
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Preparations are underway for the Sydney Mardi Gras
1. Drag queens crossing Oxford Street - Mardi Gras parade route
2. Gay Elvis mannequin
3. Flamingoes on sticks
4. Wide of store participating in annual Shop Yourself Stupid day
5. Various drag queens shopping
6. Soundbite (English)...
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Scaled down Mardi Gras festival parades begin
1. Woman in mask
2. Parade
3. People catching beads
4. Parade
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amanda Thompson, New Orleans Resident
"I remember last year and, even though it was slightly bigger, I feel this has the right energy and, even though...
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Police arrest reveller as thousands celebrate Fat Tuesday in New Orleans
February 21, 2007
1. Aerial shot of Louisiana State Trooper Police officers chasing through the crowds and restraining on the ground a man who threw beads at them
2. Wide shot people gathered on streets of the French Quarter during...
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As Mardi Gras 2012 reaches its pinnacle Fat Tuesday, the float making business remains in full gear ahead all year long. Mardi Gras World builds the big floats, they have been in business for more than half a century. There is so much interest in what they do , that the studio also offer tours 12 months a year, seven days a week.
HEADLINE:Mardi Gras Floats: Big Business in New Orleans
CAPTION: As Mardi Gras 2012 reaches its pinnacle Fat Tuesday, the float making business remains in full gear ahead all year long. Mardi Gras World builds the big floats. Its...
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On Bourbon Street, the party raged on well into the night. But, a Mardi Gras parade was a far different scene after shooters opened fire, hitting seven, including an infant.
HEADLINE: Mardi Gras ends with celebration and violence
CAPTION: On Bourbon Street, the party raged on well into the night. But, a Mardi Gras parade was a far different scene after shooters opened fire, hitting seven, including an...
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VOICED : Arrancan los desfiles del carnaval de Rio
Ni el mosquito que contagia el zika tiene la fuerza suficiente para aguar la mayor fiesta al aire libre del mundo el Carnaval de Rio y sus apoteosicos desfiles que comenzaron este domingo en el sambodromo
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CLEAN : Rio Carnival conquers Zika fears with repellent and samba
CLEAN : Rio Carnival conquers Zika fears with repellent and samba
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CLEAN : Portugal celebrates carnival of Caretos in Podence
CLEAN : Portugal celebrates carnival of Caretos in Podence
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CLEAN : Giant Olympic torch opens Rio carnival parade
CLEAN : Giant Olympic torch opens Rio carnival parade
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CLEAN : Samba dancers prepare to parade in Rio de Janeiro
CLEAN : Samba dancers prepare to parade in Rio de Janeiro
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VOICED : Entre bastidores del Sambodromo
Las escuelas de samba se preparan antes de salir a desfilar en el carnaval de Rio que este ano ha noqueado el temor al zika
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CLEAN: Foie gras, the latest Chinese luxury
CLEAN: Foie gras, the latest Chinese luxury
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Good Times Roll At Mardi Gras Bacchus Parade
New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras with the Bacchus Parade on Sunday. The parade was held safely, one day after a car driven by a suspected drunk driver hit the crowd, injuring dozens.New Orleans, Louisiana - 26 February, 20171. SOUNDBITE...
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New Orleans Holds Mardi Gras Bacchus Parade
New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras with the Bacchus Parade on Sunday. The parade was held safely, one day after a car driven by a suspected drunk driver hit the crowd, injuring dozens.New Orleans, Louisiana - 26 February, 20171. Marching...