Sister Mary Celebrates Mardi Gras

Eliot Kamenitz

Times Picayune

On a rainy night, sister Mary waits along a parade route to catch some of the beads thrown from the float. Upon seeing her, the float riders bombard her with beads she gleefully catches. It was her last Mardi Gras. She died about a month later.

Eliot Kamenitz, "Sister Mary Celebrates Mardi Gras," in POYi Archive, Item #12673, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/12673 (accessed June 13, 2025).