i dont get it i always c tha peeps tryin to get beads can anyone tell me y? thnx!
2007-08-15 08:32:02 · 10 answers · asked by lordshazam 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
It's a tradition during Mardi Gras in N.O. that in order to get beads, you must show your bare breasts.
In the last decade of the 20th century, commercial videotapes catering to voyeurs helped encourage a tradition of baring breasts in exchange for beads and trinkets.
While standards of what is considered "indecent exposure" might be relaxed during Mardi Gras, and women showing their breasts to encourage receiving beads is documented since the 1960s, the practice was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. Until recent years, New Orleans police tolerated women flashing their breasts in the French Quarter if the display did not cause public disruption, but would arrest people for more explicit nudity, particularly "below the waist". In the last couple of years, however, police have been cracking down on such actions, reasoning that flashing can incite acts of indecency against women who expose themselves. In the crowded streets of the French Quarter, flashers on balconies cause crowds to form on the streets, giving ample opportunity to pickpockets to victimize distracted and intoxicated gawkers.
Outside of the French Quarter, attitudes are much less lenient. While many visiting tourists think of Mardi Gras as an "adult" holiday; for most local residents it is a time of family traditions; indeed, many view the parades mainly as sources of enjoyment for children. Many families with very young children gather along the parade routes Uptown and in Mid City. In these areas, nudity, public drunkenness and other bad behavior is discouraged and could lead to quick arrest.
2007-08-15 08:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by M&M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
jpf is correct. If you're a woman attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans, you get the beads by flashing your breasts to the crowd. Seriously!
2007-08-15 08:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mardi Gras
2007-08-15 08:39:49 · answer #3 · answered by Aubri's Mommie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mardi Gras. (Pronounced: Marty Graw.) And you show your boobies am get a string of beads. I have some Mardi Gras beads and they rock.
2007-08-15 09:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Women flash their breasts to get the beads.
2007-08-15 08:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its tradition and its been that way for years.. guys carry them to see boobies... and women collect them... i dont see a problem with it personally... just having some fun... and if anyone says.. "what about children that see this?" Well first of all, you shouldnt have your children on bourbon street in the first place!!
2007-08-15 08:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by MandiGurl M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-13 08:31:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you've been hanging out with a bunch of boobs in New Orleans
2007-08-15 09:14:48 · answer #8 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you flash someone, they give you a beaded necklace. yes, a whopping necklace.
rather degrading to girls if you ask me. yet people still do it.
2007-08-15 09:59:41 · answer #9 · answered by Bee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show your ta-tas, get some beads!
2007-08-15 08:35:21 · answer #10 · answered by jpfitzy7 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋