5-day Mardi Gras party draws crowds to Eunice

Hunter Aucoin holds a chicken aloft after catching it during the Eunice Mardi Gras Run. Aucoin was at the field at Parish Road 6-325 and North Bobcat Drive. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Alicia Mire is the city and parish tourism official and on Tuesday by the music stage talked about the five-day Eunice Mardi Gras celebration. “I didn’t know half the crowd that was here and our street was packed. That means that was tourists — people from all over,” she said. Weekend events such as the Boucherie on Sunday drew crowds. The programs by Dr. Barry Ancelet on Mardi Gras history and…

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