carnivale
In 1978, when the show premiered, Mardi Gras was not the big party day in most of American that it is now. In fact, I had barely heard of it, and, being Catholic, Ash Wednesday was a much bigger deal. So I would have never paid attention to this idea when I first watched the pilot.
Today I got some Mardi Gras masks, and for a moment, wondered what they reminded me of. It dawned on me that the mask and feathers and headdresses and flowing but skimpy costumes that Mardi Gras revelers wear are similar to what the Tauran woman (Randi Oakes) and the other female tourists on Carillon were wearing.
Which leads me to three questions:
1. Did the initial attack on the Colonies take place just before the Colonial equivalent of Carnivale?
2. This is a topic for fan fiction, but is Carnivale yet another of those traditions that has its roots in the Colonies?
3. I know all of the Galactica costumes "walked off" the set at one point or another, and wonder if any of those costumes are showing up in Mardi Gras krewe parades.
Mary
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