The Zulu Parade is one of New Orleans’ most beloved Mardi Gras traditions. But the Zulu organization also produces the Monday-before-Mardi Gras Lundi Gras event in downtown New Orleans, when the King and Queen Zulu arrives, with the Zulu “characters.” Lester Pollard is Zulu’s chairman of the Lundi Gras festivities this year.

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