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A drizzle and temperatures in the 40s did little to dampen the spirit of the revelers at the eighth annual Marche du Nain Rouge on Sunday afternoon in Detroit's Cass Corridor.
Thousands gathered along Cass Avenue, some in costumes, as they watched the parade head south. The parade included a Donald Trump look-alike who spewed Trumpism on a microphone and another float that mocked the Trump administration. The parade ended on Temple at the Masonic Temple.
The Facebook page for the event describes it this way:
The Marche du Nain Rouge has its roots in Detroit’s early history, when Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Detroit and was confronted by the Nain Rouge. He didn't listen to a fortune teller, had a tête-à-tête with the Nain Rouge and became cursed for life. Since then, the Nain Rouge has been spotted throughout Detroit’s history, usual at the city’s most notorious occurrences.
The idea with the Marche was to tap into Detroit's rich history and use the Nain Rouge story as a way for Detroiters to come together in common purpose.
The event was "reignited" in 2010 and has been held since every year on the Spring Equinox. The carnival-esque festival calls for all Detroiters to don costumes that mask themselves in front of the Nain Rouge.
Here are photos of the event.
