After jumping in a ditch, Benny Manuel pours a beer in his mouth during the Courir de Mardi Gras in Mamou, Louisiana. The Courir de Mardi Gras is the traditional Cajun celebration in Mamou in which costumed participants ride horses from house to house and try to catch live chickens with their bare hands to add to the community gumbo at the end of the day.
After jumping in a ditch, Benny Manuel pours a beer in his mouth during the Courir de Mardi Gras in Mamou, Louisiana. The Courir de Mardi Gras is the traditional Cajun celebration in Mamou in which costumed participants ride horses from house to house and try to catch live chickens with their bare hands to add to the community gumbo at the end of the day.