The largest art parade in Coney Island, the Mermaid Parade will start at this weekend. One kind of crazy parades that most people who participates there wears like a mermaid. You know what I mean right? Or you can see at the pictures.

The Mermaid Parade was found in 1983 and intended for homage to Mardi Gras.
According to Wikipedia.

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday” (in ethnic English tradition, Shrove Tuesday), referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which started on Ash Wednesday. Related popular practices were associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. Popular practices included wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, etc. Similar expressions to Mardi Gras appear in other European languages sharing the Christian tradition. In English, the day is called Shrove Tuesday, associated with the religious requirement for confession before Lent begins.

Most the costumes are handmade and it will be contested as a part of the parade. This parade is awesome.