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Each year my friends and my self wake up bright and early to go to down town Tampa to enjoy the Gasperilla day parade! Gasperilla is traditionally a celebration of when the pirates took over Tampa Bay! The parade consists of HUGE floats being steered by bead throwing pirates! It’s very similar to Mardi Gras with the exception of nudity and the addition of pirates! The pros. stated that the event attracts about half a million onlookers a year! One of the most fun parts about the parade is that many people dress up for it as well!

This year we actually decked out a shopping cart and made it into “The Black Pearl�! Yes it still was a shopping cart with plywood, but use your imagination! It was fantastic; we put everything we could possibly need in it and more. Plus, it was perfect to stand on when trying to get beads! I can’t wait for the adventures of next year!