{"id":4823,"date":"2012-02-21T07:08:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T12:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2015-12-26T22:31:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T03:31:45","slug":"mardi-gras-mask-mambo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2012\/02\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Mask Mambo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Fat Tuesday &#8212; a day early of my normal post!! Today is Mardi Gras Day so I just have to acknowledge an celebrate accordingly with this video about the <a title=\"Mask Market in New Orleans\" href=\"http:\/\/videos.nola.com\/times-picayune\/2008\/02\/mask_market_mambo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mask Market in New Orleans<\/a>. Enjoy the music too.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=601208443001&amp;playerID=651482428001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRMTE~,BWCCSzT6s9n2dkm1Oa2dELBPh6LJOKDw&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=601208443001&amp;playerID=651482428001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRMTE~,BWCCSzT6s9n2dkm1Oa2dELBPh6LJOKDw&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;m not so much into the glitter, I have some Venetian masks so I can appreciate the appeal of unique, hand-made masks and masking for Mardi Gras as a tradition.<\/p>\n<p>However, this next tradition is one of which I was completely unaware. I guess my parents must have sheltered me while growing up in New Orleans. Actually, I do remember parade-goers shimmying up poles to catch beads but maybe this was before &#8220;<a title=\"Go Nola - Greasing the poles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gonola.com\/2012\/01\/23\/mardi-gras-lubrication-the-greasing-of-the-poles.html\" target=\"_blank\">greasing the poles<\/a>&#8221; was started. Who knew a whole artistic performance could be created &#8212; only in New Orleans!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4824\" title=\"greasing the poles in New Orleans_gonola\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png\" alt=\"Greasing the poles in New Orleans via Go Nola, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"337\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png 337w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a>And this is <a title=\"You tube - greasing the poles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sUIR06SYHsA\" target=\"_blank\">Rita Benson-LeBlanc<\/a>, owner of the New Orleans Saints, doing her rendition.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sUIR06SYHsA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"p\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in a new <a title=\"Press Release - Casart Peacock Patterns\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pitchengine.com\/casartcoveringsllc\/casart-coverings-adds-peacock-damask--quill-designs\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans inspired French Damask design<\/a>, slip on over to <a title=\"Slipcovers for your walls, casartblog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slipcovers for your Walls<\/a> to preview the unveiling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are few previous posts regarding Mardi Gras:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Previous post regarding Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/03\/mardi-gras-costumes-get-a-copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mardi Gras Costumes get a Copyright<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Previous post regarding Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/02\/after-da-fat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>After da Fat<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Previous post regarding Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/02\/mardi-gras-masks-and-typography\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mardi Gras Masks &amp; 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