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Mobile Real-Time News; Mardi Gras tradition: Folly passes by, swinging painted pig and cow bladders. Published: ; Feb. 05, 2018, 1:39 p.m. My son Joseph served as my photographer, and dutifully blurred out the faces of the secret society members of The Knights of Revelry (KOR) as they finished the last step in a long process of cleaning, inflating, drying and painting the cow bladders used in their parade on Mardi Gras Day. One Mardi Gras organization, the Knights of Revelry inflates cow bladders to use on Mardi Gras day. WKRG shows you the unique and bizarre Mardi Gras tradition of beating cow bladders on Fat Tuesday. Mike travels to Mobile, Alabama, to get a behind the scenes look at a Mardi Gras "Folly" float. He spends his day assembling cow bladders that will be used d There are certainly some interesting Mardi Gras traditions along the Gulf Coast. One of those might be a little more unusual than others.FULL STORY: https:// Every year, several members of the Knights of Revelry Mardi Gras mystic society in Mobile get together and inflate cow bladders, then tie them off and let th The Knights of Revelry also have a version of Folly chasing Death. Both groups use animal bladders as their means of whipping death into shape. The OOM’s use pig bladders. The KOR’s use cow Video brings back memories of Mardi Gras days gone by. (KOR) emblem beating on cow bladders. Many viewers noticed St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the background, and it was generally decided To see Mobile Mask's exclusive video from 2013, showing members of the Knights of Revelry inflating and treating cow bladders for Mardi Gras, click HERE. Even talking about Mardi Gras here requires a new vocabulary. For example, “boom boom” means parade and “cow bladder” isn’t code for anything—for over 100 years, the Knights of Revelry krewe has actually used inflated, hardened, and spray-painted bladders as part of their costumes. Mike travels to Mobile, Alabama to get a behind the scenes look at a Mardi Gras "Folly" float. Mardi Gras Bladder Banger: With Mike Rowe, David M. Barsky, Doug Glover, Mark Calumet. Mike travels to Mobile, AL and visits the Knights of Revelry to learn about inflating cow bladders for the Folly float in the annual Mardi Gras parade. He is the mild mannered, even tempered, kind custom jeweler by day and the crazy, bladder banging Folly during Mardi Gras. Who wouldn’t want him to be their jeweler? Let Danny know what you thought of the show by calling him at 251-342-6306. Watch Dirty Jobs - Mardi Gras Bladder Banger (s7 e6) Online - Watch online anytime: Buy, Rent Dirty Jobs, Season 7 Episode 6, is available to watch and stream on Discovery Channel. You can also buy, rent Dirty Jobs on demand at Amazon Prime, Discovery, Google Play, Apple TV online. Organized in 1874, the Knights of Revelry is the third oldest Mardi Gras parading group in Mobile, Alabama. From the start, KOR has paraded during the day on Fat Tuesday. In the earliest years, the KOR emblem float had folly dancing on a golden goblet between two crescent moons. In later years, the cup became a champagne glass. S6 E6: Mike travels to Mobile, Alabama to get a behind the scenes look at a Mardi Gras "Folly" float. He spends his day assembling cow bladders that will be used during the parade to drive away evil spirits. Walking through Mardi Gras World, I didn’t expect to find a connection to agriculture. I was there to learn how the Mardi Gras parade floats are designed and built. As it turns out, some of the designs include agriculture themes. Many of the floats are pulled by tractors instead of horses or mules. Back to bladder banging. Mike Rowe went into a place that takes cow bladders, cleans them out, blows them up, drys them out and then paints them for a creepy looking Mardi Gras mascot to bang around during the parade. So my question is, why cow bladders? I guess this goes back to the old days when people believed in voodoo and such. S6 E6: Mike spends the day in Mobile, Ala. assembling cow bladders that will be used during a Mardi Gras parade. Documentary Jan 16, 2012 41 min iTunes PG Even talking about Mardi Gras here requires a new vocabulary. For example, “boom boom” means parade and “cow bladder” isn’t code for anything—for over 100 years, the Knights of Revelry krewe have actually used inflated, hardened, and spray-painted bladders as part of their costumes.
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