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 The Ancient Druids (Orleans Parish)
Krewe of Ancient Druids
 Krewe organized in 1998
200 male riders (limit)
15 floats
12 marching bands
Contemporary-style parade
Archdruid (identity never revealed), Jester
Look krewe-emblem cups, medallions and the doubloons, the rarest of which is are the red fluted anodized.
Sponsored by the Golden Acorn Society.
This krewe, formed in 1998, takes its name from the ancient Druids of Great Britain, and have no connection to the Mystick Krewe of Druids that followed Rex during the 1920's and 30's.  A most unusual krewe, the Ancient Druids are a parade-only krewe, eschewing bal masques and traditional royalty.  Their membership is also limited to members of other Carnival organizations and sits at a cut-off of 200 members.  However, there is one traditon that the Druids observe; the complete secrecy of its members and its king, the Archdruid, whose identity is never revealed.
This krewe shares an Ancient Briton themeThis krewe shares a medieval Briton theme with the krewes of Excalibur,  King Arthur , and Tucks.
FlambeauThis krewe is among those krewes that present flambeaux, including the krewes of
Babylon, Chaos, d'Etat, Hermes, Orpheus, Proteus, Saturn, and Sparta.

Adonis Aladdin Alla Aphrodite
Aquila Arabi
Argus Atlas Babylon Bacchus Bards Caesar
Carrollton Centurions Chaos Choctaw Cleopatra d'Etat
Druids Endymion Excalibur Gladiators Grela Hermes
Iris Isis Jason King Arthur L'il Rascals Mercury
Mid-City Morpheus Muses Napoleon NOMTOC Okeanos
Orpheus Oshun Pegasus Pontchartrain Proteus Pygmalion
Rex Rhea Saturn Shangri-La Sparta Thor
Thoth Tucks du Vieux Zeus Zulu

Elks
Orleanians
 Elks
Jeffersonians
 Crescent
City
 Krewe of
Jefferson

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