By james art 
Saturday brought warm, windy weather to Baton Rouge, which made a good day to launch Mardi Grass’s city season.
The honor fell at Krewe of Oshun, whose parade of Scotland began at noon and took floats, dancers, horses and marching groups up and down the 72nd Avenue and a picturesque highway.
Viewers in camp chairs lined the streets ready to catch beads and treats thrown by passing floats. It was the fifth annual parade of Mardi Grass of Oshun and the only parade of Mardi Grass, which is being held in North Baton Ruzh.
Dexter Jackson, Talent Booker for Krewe of Oshun, said the parade is a show for support for the Scotland Community.
“(When we) sat down and talked about the fact that we wanted to do something like that, it was a lot of the Scotlandville lens deserves this. “Jackson said.” He deserves his own cultural events, because the perception here is that it is not safe, that it is not fun, but today look up here. “
Jackson said his favorite part of any parade is the marching groups. He is glad that Oshun’s parade has made room for marching high school groups at North Baton Rouge.
“This is our first full season of Mardi Grass,” said Michael Bingham, director of Groups at Helix Mentorhibip Academy. “Our marching group will turn 2 years in September.”
Bingham said that many of his students play a parade for the first time, learning the endurance skills needed for march and playing continuously.
Tyler Lee, who plays Snare Drum, and Mahaujah Harrison, who plays the bass drum, said wearing the tools is not as difficult as it seems. They said the energy of the crowd was high throughout the route.
Olivia Wilbon, a Helix flute player, said she holds the flute in the right position while marching, could be a challenge for new players.
“It’s hard to keep your breath and air while marching, especially when it comes to faster songs,” Wilbo said. “In general, I was fine with the game … My legs just hurt me.”
After the parade, viewers and performers joined the festival part of the celebration. A warm breeze shook the tents of retailers and spread the smell of barbecue and other fragrances of the season through the park.
Stephen Roan, from Smokehouse and Catering to Roan, has been delivering ribs on plates in Baton Rouge with his family for nearly 10 years. He said the events in which he could feed his neighbors and the rest of the community are some of his favorite.
Instead of SNOs, Funny Cakes and Festival Festival Food Cakes, King’s Market Royal Gods offered samples of its purely plant-based dishes: okra and chickpeas soup and stew lentils.
While the Youth Brotherhood Alpha Mu Tau was taking a step on one side of the festival, Jerry Jenkins showed the children the art of the West African drum and the storytelling of stories on the other.
From the scene, the local group Sunscape plays what members told him that he was described as “Police Meeting Mac Demarco.”
The headliner, who runs past LetrainiP, brought together the audience as he plays “new but nostalgic” songs. “That’s all your parents love,” he said.
Jackson, the talented bucher, said he was glad that actions could bring back memories from the great artists who play at South University in the past: Prince, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and James Brown.
“I think one of the things that are lost in Scotland is how rich the story is and how proud people are,” he said.