: a private organization staging festivities (such as parades) during Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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The real MVPs: The cleaning krewes who follow behind every parade.
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Dressed in colorful costumes, dozens of children, and plenty of adults, representing Krewe de Prank and other local Mardi Gras krewes marched in a Mardi Gras parade Sunday that snaked through the streets of the West Side neighborhood in Kansas City.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
Now, she's expanded to drag queens and several more krewes, in addition to special events and her regular hair and makeup clients.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Dressed in colorful costumes, dozens of children, and plenty of adults, representing Krewe de Prank and other local Mardi Gras krewes marched in a Mardi Gras parade Sunday that snaked through the streets of the West Side neighborhood in Kansas City.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
Now, she's expanded to drag queens and several more krewes, in addition to special events and her regular hair and makeup clients.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Krewe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/krewe. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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