Cowbellion_de_Rakin_Society

Cowbellion de Rakin Society

Cowbellion de Rakin Society

Mobile Mystic Society

The Cowbellion de Rakin Society was the first formally organized and masked mystic society in the United States to celebrate with a pedestrian parade in 1830.[1]

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History

The Cowbellions got their start when a young merchant and cotton factor from Pennsylvania, Michael Krafft, began a parade with rakes, hoes, and cowbells.[2] The Cowbellions introduced horse-drawn floats to the parades in 1840 with a parade entitled, "Heathen Gods and Goddesses.[3][4]


1837 account of the Cowbellion celebrations of Christmas and New Year.

  • Cowbellion de Rakin Society Mobile Alabama Alexandria Gazette Fri Feb 3 1837
  • Cowbellion de Rakin Society Mobile Alabama Alexandria Gazette Fri Feb 3 1837 (1)
  • Cowbellion de Rakin Society Mobile Alabama Alexandria Gazette Fri Feb 3 1837 (2)
  • Cowbellion de Rakin Society Mobile Alabama Alexandria Gazette Fri Feb 3 1837 (3)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    https://web.archive.org/web/20041213191322/http://www.museumofmobile.com/doc/mardi_gras_timeline.php
  2. [2]
    https://mobilebaymag.com/ordering-the-myths-and-facts/
  3. [3]
    https://www.al.com/living-press-register/2009/06/cowbellion_bowls_origins_shrou.doc
  4. [4]
    https://www.mardigrasnmore.com/pages/mardi-gras-history-mobile
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