Fat Tuesday Photos: Inside the Mardi Gras Mayhem

Mardi Gras 2012
Bill Haber / AP

New Orleans, Feb. 21, 2012
Members of Pete Fountain's Half Fast Marching Club parade through the streets on Fat Tuesday, the last day of the Mardi Gras celebration ending at midnight.

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