Arcade Fire and Pres Hall establish Krewe du Kanaval
 

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A week before Mardi Gras, members of Arcade Fire and Preservation Hall will lead a new walking parade from the French Quarter to Congo Square.

Pres Hall and Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Regine Chassagne*founded Krewe du Kanaval, inspired by the band's*Haitian connections and its Carnival traditions, as "a mobile music event, a community, and a celebration of Haiti and the diaspora of cultures that have enriched New Orleans? identity and arts for hundreds of years," according to a krewe announcement. It holds its inaugural events Tuesday, Feb. 6.
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