Behind The Scenes Of How New Orleans' Mardi Gras Parade Floats Are Made

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a big event and the 2020 Mardi Gras parade floats will soon fill the streets. They're made by Kern Studios for 50 weeks so they can be used for two weeks to celebrate Fat Tuesday. The company has been in the business for over 80 years and their team of artists work nearly year-round to get the floats in time. We take a tour through Mardi Gras World, their 300,000-square-foot warehouse where its artists and architects build the floats from the ground up.
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Behind The Scenes Of How New Orleans' Mardi Gras Parade Floats Are Made

[@ora3910]

You should make a video about Carnaval in Brazil

[@hirakjyotimedhi8537]

I want a job like that 😍

[@EricYTErictheawesome1]

Ahh I was there during fall break and saw all the floats and recognized them in the video! I even recognized the tour guide who gave us the tour! I don’t know why I’m commenting this but it’s the first time I see something in a video and I’m like “wow! I’ve been there and met the guy who was interviewed”

[@f1zzMsm]

0:29 - It’s suffering, yay!

[@rajkumarwadeyar6409]

New Orleans accent is amazing

[@shalathingz3768]

We have no accent or

[@f1zzMsm]

0:29 - It’s suffering, yay!

[@crystalsugar4136]

I went and toured the place and it was fun. They had a large king cake for everyone to try before the tour then they explained the whole process. They even have a gift shop. Though be careful, I went a few years ago and the gps got confused and went to the old place rather than the one seen in the video

[@eladiogarth1926]

I've watched carnival in Brazil and Mardi Gras and always wanted an inside look at the floats....this was eye opening

[@epg96]

Hi Insider, can you make video about this? Why European countries like Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Czechia, Russia tend to dub foreign medias while Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan tend to subtitle foreign medias?

[@Aetherion]

Evan Pangaribuan I don't know if this is everywhere, but in my experience, foreign media is always dubbed in Vietnamese.

[@JustFifaThings]

Mmm baru tahu malahan,🤔

[@f1zzMsm]

0:29 - It’s suffering, yay!

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Been going to this studio since I was a kid. It’s beautiful to see in person and at parades.

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: Every single choice you have ever made in your life has brought you to this exact moment, reading this exact sentence. 🤔

[@zelumpi]

SciFactsYT not every decision, a lot but not all.

[@jebediahkerman2972]

Rose yes all

[@hunterwright386]

True

[@ivanvalverde7018]

SciFactsYT that’s actually deep tbh

[@mehreenmalik3856]

Persuit of Wonder

[@brynnashcroft3734]

Wow, a lot of work

[@sarahm.4926]

Fact: I live in Mobile, Alabama (mo-beel not mo-byle, if you weren't aware) and we take MG VERY seriously....so seriously in fact that sometimes, if the cable company can't reach the top of telephone poles with the ladders they have on their trucks, they will use MG floats to give themselves an extra lift.

[@TheThe-fs1zx]

Sarah M. I also live in Mobile and yes we take Mardi Gras very seriously. We even get a week off school for it.

[@klaudiajulia6209]

Love it 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@bhavaneshparbhoo9533]

Need to make these floats green.

[@gachagoldenflower5466]

You all are good!

[@forwithynew225]

very stylish

[@Nyan26]

You should talk about singapore chingay too

[@jasonthesnow]

Pretty sure universal uses kern for their floats at their theme park Mardi Gras celebration

[@Lvllykr]

Who came here because there from Louisiana and wanted to see what it was about? Also this was a good video

[@f1zzMsm]

0:29 - It’s suffering, yay!

[@moeynola6747]

Hope every one is ready for mardigras 2022

[@perlarojas8887]

rip mardi gras

[@Lars..801..]

in the netherlands we build a bigger float / wagon in 6/7 months with chiken wire and papermasche its bigger

[@anormalID]

Wow in france the thing is just to make some crepes aha, kind of surprising to see this event turn to a whole crazy défilé in the US

[@anniekinsmishkamouse7575]

They cannot repurpose everything, so is the rest trashed or recycled?

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

I wanted to do this type of thing as a career but they were so worried about my orientation I didn't make the cut.

[@juggiebonebrain3383]

So...one year basically

[@jhongauntt4918]

Itstimetohavefunyoull

[@rosemarystranded5692]

I have not time to think about mardi grass..

[@TW-tx1yc]

Rosemary Stranded mardi gras * get it right !

[@rosemarystranded5692]

Sorry about that

[@edwardjanenazucenaortega4894]

Imagine the excess styrofoam being produced into a waste... pollution lols

[@trintrin5702]

Me and my homies in Alabama being ignored ligit Alabama and us being ignored

[@nfldmade]

3rd!

[@Extrapotato1112]

1

[@michaelthibault3987]

smoke a blunt and y'all good for the build

[@strawberryjamin7208]

the tour guide sounds like the Ice King from adventure time

[@Patchwork_Dragon]

_GuNtEr!!_

[@f1zzMsm]

0:29 - It’s suffering, yay!

[@kaliquetillery6910]

That guy sounds like a cartoon character

[@moolindabumble9251]

Boo! What an environmental nightmare.

[@DesertVox]

*STUPIDITY taken to the extreme - like Mardi Gras - isn't cool anymore. There's a line that should NOT be crossed in order to keep fun fun and funny funny.*

[@TW-tx1yc]

Desert Vox stfu