Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Mardi Gras in Columbia, MO

A few years ago, I was in Florida on the coast. There were student holidays and the whole beach was filled with young people. Guys with a lot of bright plastic beads around their necks walked along the beach. The guys usually approached a girls and said: “Show your boobs!” Some girls lifted their bras for a moment and then immediately lowered them. Then the guy took off a string of beads from his neck and hung it around the girl's neck.

Today I went to yoga class. Since it was working time, there were only Senior Ladies in the class. Before the start, a man of our age entered the classroom with a lot of beads around his neck and hung beads on all the Ladies. However, he did not say to any of us: “Show your boobs!”

My neighbor said that today is Mardi gras, and giving beads is a tradition.

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