Cowbellion de Rakin Society
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 Cowbellion de Rakin Invitation for December 1882 | |
| Abbreviation | CdR |
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| Formation | 1830 |
| Type | Mystic Society |
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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]
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]
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