A glittering entrance to the Mardi Gras season, the Twelfth Night celebration at the Lake Charles Civic Center draws thousands to see the grand promenade of the kings, queens, and captains of more than 50 krewes.
The Twelfth Night tradition parallels the three kings’ entry at the ancient nativity twelve days after Jesus’ birth. The 2011royal court waved goodbye to all in preparation for the 2012 court. In the spirit of gift-bearing, everyone present at the Southwest Louisiana celebration was given a piece of king cake, and 12 grand prizes were given to visitors who found a surprise in the cake. They gave away a scooter, TV, I-pod, laptop, microwave lots more nice gifts.
It was dark in the center some of the pictures didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked. I forgot to bring my movie camera which would have been nice. Some of the costumes were over 10 feet tall setting on the shoulders on men and women and the average weight is 50 lbs. 
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