Joan of Arc parade kicks off the 2015 Mardi Gras season
By on January 06, 2015
The 2015 Mardi Gras season gets rolling Jan. 6 as the Joan of Arc parade with maids on horseback, marching monks, bagpipers, angels, bishops, kings and drumming skeletons to the streets of New Orleans. Organized by the Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc, the annual French Quarter foot parade mixes folk pageantry and cheeky Carnival fun, handcrafted throws and historic facts.
Marchers carried a big, paper mache cake to head the 2015 procession, which marks the birthday of France's patron Saint - the martyred maid who donned armor and fought for her country about 602 years ago.
Joan of Arc's birthday falls on the first night of Carnival - a magical date on the New Orleans calendar. Many locals take their first bites of seasonal king cake on Jan. 6. Private balls begin for Carnival debutantes. Some revelers head uptown to watch the Phunny Phorty Phellows ride the Saint Charles Avenue streetcar.
The 2015 parade begins their march near the Jax Brewery at Toulouse and Decatur Streets. The parade paused for three ceremonies. First came the toast, where Gregor Trumel, Consul General of France in New Orleans joined representatives of the Historic New Orleans Collection as they hail the procession from the balcony of the Williams Research Center, 400 Chartres St.
The parade honored their king and queen, Patrick Van Hoorebeek and Simone Bruni Crouere and Maid of Honor Emma Martello.
The parade then made their way to the front steps of the St. Louis Cathedral, where Father Philip Landry led the celebrants with a sword blessing.
Finally, the crowning of the king and king cake ceremony wrapped things up at Washington Artillery Park.
Marchers carried a big, paper mache cake to head the 2015 procession, which marks the birthday of France's patron Saint - the martyred maid who donned armor and fought for her country about 602 years ago.
Joan of Arc's birthday falls on the first night of Carnival - a magical date on the New Orleans calendar. Many locals take their first bites of seasonal king cake on Jan. 6. Private balls begin for Carnival debutantes. Some revelers head uptown to watch the Phunny Phorty Phellows ride the Saint Charles Avenue streetcar.
The 2015 parade begins their march near the Jax Brewery at Toulouse and Decatur Streets. The parade paused for three ceremonies. First came the toast, where Gregor Trumel, Consul General of France in New Orleans joined representatives of the Historic New Orleans Collection as they hail the procession from the balcony of the Williams Research Center, 400 Chartres St.
The parade honored their king and queen, Patrick Van Hoorebeek and Simone Bruni Crouere and Maid of Honor Emma Martello.
The parade then made their way to the front steps of the St. Louis Cathedral, where Father Philip Landry led the celebrants with a sword blessing.
Finally, the crowning of the king and king cake ceremony wrapped things up at Washington Artillery Park.
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