this picture is the couple, the king and queen in the mardi gras across -- mardi gras costumes. next room we go into is our design room. this will give you an example of the schedules -- sketches on the walls. design basic sketch of a which turns into the captains costume. we do have the actual costume right here to your right. with the full puppet on each side of the costume and the puppet master at the top. charles, we have a wide variety of styles and costuming. our costuming can range from the basic shredded fabric costumes to the elaborate sequence and rhyme stone cost and we are seeing here in the museum. some of our large costumes can weigh up to 45 pounds. some of those costumes can also be as small as 20 feet and as 80% of 12 feet here it these costumes your viewing here in the museum were made locally here in lake charles. the other 20% may have come out of baton rouge or new orleans. which is also still louisiana made. each crew puts on an elaborate expense forear, the that ball comes out of each individual's pocket. or the crew may have fundraisers during that year.

>> mardi gras. >> mardi gras! >> mardi gras!ook a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something goodn9 in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪9é0b ♪ sha la la la sha la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la sha la la la la la ♪ [ engine revving ] ♪ >> anthony: there are parts of america that are special. unique, unlike anywhere else. cultures all their own, kept close. much loved but largely misunderstood. ♪ >> the vast patchwork of salt water marshes, bayous, and prairie land that make up cajun country is one of those places. while the rest of the usa got stitched together by super highways, southwestern louisiana remained relatively isolated. i-10 wasn't completed until the 1970s, finally connecting this part of the state to new orleans, houston, and the rest of the nation. with that came chain restaurants, drive-thrus, and strip malls. but fear not, it's still magnificently weird. ♪ >> take for example, cajun mardi gras. ordinarily, i loathe the idea of mardi gras. any kind

here are a few examples of themes for mardi gras balls.e, we have an older movie "gone with the wind," representing scarlet o'hara and rhett butler. some things can even be locations, like rome, china, or even africa. the costumes are basically worn three times during the year. they will wear them for the and the twoall events we have open to the public. the monday night before mardi gras they have the royal gala which are all of the new costumes for that year. they will put the customs in storage, and on january 6, the epiphany, they will wear them for the last time for their final walk as king and queen. this room is considered a royalty room. there are some of the examples of gifts that a guest would receive attending the mardi gras ball. the gifts can arrange, ceramic jewelry,mall paperweights, even mugs and cups crest written on it. one of our many crown jules is our oldest king from lake charles. rudolph krause. he was the king of the first of contraband. we are excited to have this in the museum. it is an example of handsewn costumi

up next, the mardi gras museum of imperial caucus you to learn more about the traditions here in lake charles.

. ♪ you know, i've lived a long life without ever going to carnival in rio or, or mardis gras.tes later it's like nazi germany. >> marina: yeah. ♪ >> nicolas: well, it's a pity that you, you -- couldn't show you the whole carnival stuff. >> anthony: eh, i'm okay. this is perfect for me. i'm sitting down, i'm drinking beer. it's all right honestly. ♪ >> nicolas: it has the common roots with brazilian carnival and uruguay carnival but in each place took different way. in brazil it was more for the spectacle and, uh, the lights and here it's more about the pride of, you know, of the neighborhood. [ clapping ] >> anthony: thank you for that. [ clapping ] [ singing ] ♪ [ clapping ] [ singing ] ♪ i don't keep track of regrets. and i don't add up the years. but what i do count on is boost®. delicious boost® high protein nuritional drink now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals boost® high protein. be up for life. boost® high protein. directv gives you more for your thing. if you've been waiting for a sign to quit cable, then here's some signs. ♪ quit cab

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i've never been to mardi gras, carnival in rio, any kind of carnival.gers swarming through the streets dancing in uniforms. >> lashaun: doesn't do it for you? >> anthony: no. some of my deepest fears are having to dance or sing in public either of these would be terrifying. so this seems like a situation when that might come up you know. >> anthony: queens park savannah will be the epicenter of carnival. but tonight it's still trinidad's street food center. my dinner companion for some fried snapper is lashaun prescott, who is here to tell me about two essential skills necessary for the proper enjoyment of local nightlife, turns out i'm very good at one and suck epically at the other. >> anthony: what is liming? >> lashaun: liming is like our version of hanging out, you know. >> anthony: right. >> lashaun: you're with friends, you're chilling that's liming. >> anthony: is alcohol involved? chances if you're liming you're sipping. >> lashaun: most probably, i mean you can lime without beer. >> anthony: what about the rum? i haven't had any rum here. how

organizers have transformed the city into a mardi gras-style celebration. there will be live music, an art show, rides, games and the kids' playland and a zip line over downtown. the festival runs from 10:00 until 5 between victoria avenue and meadow gwynn, and the event runs tomorrow. >> looking forward to the zip line. >> i can tell. >> the weather is really ideal. it's been so cool and warming up nicely and it's going to stay pretty much the same. we will have subtle changes and the warmest day of the week sandwiched in between the weekend and a live look outside here where the camera is shaking a bit up above and the upper-level winds are a bit breezy and we're cool to start and we're mild in the afternoon. >> also ahead. >> the 2018 season is under way and the cardinal hosting the as tecos the farm and we'll show you >>> time right now is 5:42. a live look outside from our emoriville camera pointed at the bay bridge. mild conditions to start the day. we'll find out how warm we'll get in lisa's full accuweather forecast. >>> coca-cola wants to start com

opposed to place like coffee where tennessee williams drank or opposed to the private soirees or mardi grasrews which were expensive at the time. they viewed it as too embarrassing. dirty street, that would be misadventure. racial dynamics play intoed that too where by in large blacks did not drink at white gay bars at least this is what i found. did have a black gay bar called staff -- safari how long u and after the upstairs lounge it was weird, one of the only concrete actions the city took immediately after the burning of the upstairs lounge was the closing of the safari lounge for fire code violations even though it never had them. the upshot of the closing of a black gay bar, in essence, split and victimized twice, victimized because they were home sexual and also because they were black. the upstairs lounge was -- there were a handful of black patrons that would drink there, one a gentleman named reginald adams which was embraced by the crowd, quite beloved, he was dating who is now a woman who is now a very famous new orleans drag queen, they were a couple, they were interracial cou

with curiosity because when you say louisiana, student think new orleans and they think of the mardi gras. that is all they know about history it is interesting. they have some background the so it isut great to let them know how much history and diverse city is involved in louisiana they want to know, why are we the only state with parishes. interesting to talk about the background. one thing that has been said numerous times is when you know that kids are learning, it is makingngaging and real-world connections about why history matters. it is not something that stopped there. for instance, there are students who came during hurricane katrina and they were babies so all they know is we used to live in new orleans and now, we are here. katrina is probably one of the most emotional units because i use firsthand sources. we analyze pictures, primary sources and at the end, we end it with stories. do not knows who where my family is and can you help us. kids are in tears. they are wiping away tears. they did not know how much of an impact it had on migration and the geography of louisiana.

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mardi gras, ktvu news -- leigh martinez, ktvu news. >>> san francisco mta just got a grant. it will help with bus infrastructure. >>> a for um will -- a forum talk about how to improve public transit is. >> they want to replace hundreds of wooden ties with concrete ties and a hundred feet of new rail. the 3 and a half billion dollars transportation bond measure was approved by voters two years ago. >> we replaced about 72 feet of electrical cabling and replaced in of the critical components are not exciting to talk about but critic to maintain a system in a good state of repair. that is what this is all about. >> with the completion of the work, they say they have other improvements scheduled for next year. >>> bart approved a public safety plan to increase surveillance at bart stations. they voted to more than double the fair inspectors from 6 to 16. they will work nights and weekends are in the supervision of bart police. and they are considering spending $25 million for technology upgrades and barriers around the painted areas of the station. >>> santa clara county has gr