"Throws" are beads and other trinkets that have been tossed from floats since as micheal kors outlet least 1910 transforming parades into a participatory experience, as spectators beg and scramble for treasure. As recently as the 1960s, most Mardi Gras beads were hand strung and made of glass. Imported from Eastern Europe, they were too expensive to be thrown in liberal quantities by float riders.
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