These men are not patients of the mental hospital but are crazy enough to come dressed like the crazy folks wandering in the streets in soiled clothes and bodies smeared with grease-like dirt. They put humor into the typical pre-new year mardi gras parade as they interacted with the spectators along the parade route. 2012 must be crazy! Doubled my portraits with street vignettes a few days after the new year.

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