Author: Paula Mejia / Source: Atlas Obscura
Every year, Mardi Gras revelers line the streets of New Orleans to drink and score some plastic beads. They also line their stomachs with a sugary, colorful cake known as King Cake, which, on occasion, contains a small plastic baby. Meant to symbolize baby Jesus, the King Cake baby bestows good luck upon its recipient, who, according to tradition, must bring the cake to the party the following year.
But another King Cake baby roams New Orleans during Carnival season—one that’s much more terrifying and life-size. Once a year, around Mardi Gras, the city’s resident basketball team, the Pelicans, brings out the King Cake Baby. Clad in a bib reading “I <3 King Cake” and the world’s most dubious diaper, the baby cheers on the…
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