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Mardi Gras tradition: Folly passes by, swinging painted pig and cow bladders. Published: Feb. 05, 2018, 1:39 p.m. Technically, the pig bladder is used by the Order of Myths (OOM), whose parade There is another Mardi Gras society, The Order of Myths (OOM)who use a pig bladders, painted gold for their version of Folly, who actually chases a Death character, round and round an old broken antebellum column. The OOM parade is the final parade of Mardi Gras evening. 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. 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 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 They came up with pig bladders. Inflated, dried, painted gold and tied to a stick, the leathery orbs can be swung like a medieval flail. They do have a downside, though. Founded in 1867 and putting on its first parade in 1868, the Order of Myths was Mobile's first and is the oldest continuous Mardi Gras parading group. OOM always presents the last Mobile parade on Mardi Gras Day, closing the day with a procession that always nods back to the old days. Mike travels to Mobile, Alabama to get a behind the scenes look at a Mardi Gras "Folly" float. 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 du In the episode, titled "Mardi Gras Bladder Banger," Rowe is seen deep in the bowels of a Knights of Revelry float barn, filling up pig bladders to be used by the character "Folly" during that 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. The banging of the bladders makes a loud noise which adds to the excitement of the parade. Stay with me, it gets better. The Knights of Revelry prepare over 250 cow bladders (pig bladders were too small) by trimming and purging the organs of their contents. That’s right! They have to get the urine out of the bladder before they can expand them. Be a part of the historic celebration that has been in Mobile since 1703. Mardi Gras celebrations begin two and a half weeks before Fat Tuesday and the Port City comes to life. Elaborate themed floats manned by masked mystic societies, mounted police and marching bands wind through downtown Mobile and surrounding areas, entertaining nearly a million revelers If you'd like to see an exclusive video of KOR members inflating bladders in 2013, click HERE. This year, KOR will rolled on Mardi Gras Day, of course, March 4, at 12:30 p.m. The theme will be The Gold Standard. On Fat Tuesday in Mobile, Ala., the last float depicts a court jester pursuing his skeletal foe around a broken column symbolizing the fragility of life. Oh, and inflated pig bladders are involved. 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. Throw me something cool, Mister! When we yell “Throw me something, Mister!” at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, we really mean “throw me something cool.” Unlike parades in other p Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. The item that just might be Mobile’s hottest Mardi Gras throw of 2025 is taking people by surprise. When the Conde Cavaliers rolled on Valentine’s Day, kicking off Mobile’s parading season 18th-century painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting boys fighting over a bladder. A pig bladder or pig's bladder is the urinary bladder of a domestic pig, similar to the human urinary bladder. Today, this hollow organ has various applications in medicine, and in traditional cuisines and customs. Historically, the pig bladder had several
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