It;s a really big throw!

It's the really big throw that everyone lives for at Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- the plush toy, the wad of beads, the beads made of huge balls, the Indian spear. Here a bundle of beads goes sailing in one of the parades this past weekend as Mardi Gras came to a climax. It's the interaction between the crowd and float throwers that is fun to watch.

--steve buser