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Economy Can't Spoil Mardi Gras

Revelers enter final day of festivities

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(AP) – Partiers in New Orleans are taking one last chance to eat, drink, and be merry today before Lent. Tourism officials don't believe the economic downturn has dampened the mood at this year's Mardi Gras celebrations and say big crowds over the weekend and nearly full hotels bode well for the annual event.

Thousands of revelers lined the streets this morning for one more day of parades before Mardi Gras officially ends at midnight. In heavily Catholic New Orleans, many will be in church tomorrow to have ashes daubed on their foreheads as they begin 40 days of prayer, penitence, and self-denial leading up to Easter.

Revelers throw and catch beads as the Zulu parade rolls down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans today.
Revelers throw and catch beads as the Zulu parade rolls down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans today.   (AP Photo)
Actor Jim Belushi tips his hat from his float during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.
Actor Jim Belushi tips his hat from his float during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.   (Alex Brandon)
Parade-goers yell for beads and other trinkets as the Leviathan float goes down Napoleon Avenue during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans.
Parade-goers yell for beads and other trinkets as the Leviathan float goes down Napoleon Avenue during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans.   (AP Photo)
A rider looks to throw his beads during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009.
A rider looks to throw his beads during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009.   (Alex Brandon)
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