If you attend a Mardi Gras parade, you can expect a few things ... which we'll explain in a moment, started throwing glass Czech beads, which led to the plastic bead necklaces we know and love ...

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It is an extension of the Mardi Gras Indian tradition, where members of different tribes don elaborate, hand-sewn suits adorned with beads and feathers, gathering in the streets for processions ...