Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras
is also called Shrove Tuesday and precedes the somber Catholic period of Lent. Many international cities celebrate Mardi Gras, including New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and Venice. Mardi Gras was
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
this year.
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Mardi Gras is a traditional holiday celebrated in many of the southern states of the USA. The most famous celebration takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The people there enjoy this celebration by going to parades where they catch "beads, doubloons, cups, and trinkets" that are all thrown from floats.
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A short history of how Mardi Gras came to New Orleans, what the colors of Mardi Gras mean, and why the date changes every year. ... Just the name Mardi Gras conjures up images of drunken, bead-wearing revelers dancing through the streets of New Orleans. But how, and when, did this huge mid-winter party get started?
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2010 Mardi Gras ... This site introduces you to the major participants of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, provides updated parade information and parade routes, the truth about our Mardi Gras traditions, the best places to get your Mardi Gras beads, masks, and kingcakes ...
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New Orleans Mardi Gras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christi...
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What Mardi Gras is, how Mardi Gras was started, by whom, and why ... Mardi Gras (French for: Fat Tuesday), or Shrove Tuesday ( UK ), is the last day, of the period of carnival. Carnival occurs between January 6th, each year and ends on Ash Wednesday, which marks the arrival of the fasting days of Lent.
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Home of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras ... Happy Mardi Gras! ... The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is the world's premier gay & lesbian arts festival and includes the world famous nighttime Parade through the heart of Sydney, the harbour party which takes place right beside the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge and...
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