known as Mardi Gras to people outside of New Orleans. In English‚ Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday which is a term New Orleans’ residents used frequently when individuals greet each other during the season. Unlike some other holidays‚ Mardi Gras is not confined to only one day of celebration. In New Orleans‚ the season is filled with a month long of festive traditions in various parts of the city such as several parades‚ marching and jazz bands‚ and other events. The start of the Mardi Gras season begins
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Food During the Mardi Gras Celebration Mardi Gras began as a historical event to celebrate the day before Ash Wednesday in Christian celebrations. This has later become known as the Catholics holy day of obligation where the members of the church would begin their 40 day period of austerity. This 40 day period leading up to Easter Sunday is known as Lent. Fat Tuesday was another for Mardi Gras. In France Fat Tuesday was on its way to becoming a day of excess and disorderly behavior before the Lenten
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Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday filled with rich history‚ fun traditions‚ and delicious food. Mardi Gras‚ or Fat Tuesday‚ is celebrated throughout the world. In the U.S. Mardi Gras is only celebrated as a legal holiday in the state of Liousiana. Mardi Gras attracts many tourists every year. Mardi Gras dates back to thousands of years ago in ancient Rome. Lupercalia was a pagan celebration of agriculture and fertility. Paganism is a nature worshipping religion. Usually it indentifies god with the
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Mardi Gras is probably one of the largest celebrated mysteries in our country. There are two major cities that has debated the origin or history of Mardi Gras for years. Those two cities are New Orleans‚ LA and Mobile‚ AL where this celebration has been famous throughout history. There are things where they do agree but they both want there just due to Mardi Gras. This holiday is supposed to be confined to those three days only‚ in practice Mardi Gras is generally celebrated for a full week before
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What is your favorite holiday? Christmas‚ Halloween‚ Thanksgiving‚ New Years? I bet if you asked anyone from New Orleans and the surrounding areas‚ their answer would be Mardi Gras. “Party Gras” is the preferred name for most college students. Although the weekend before Mardi Gras day is actually one continuous party‚ there is a much deeper meaning to my favorite holiday. Carnival season is full of rich culture‚ history‚ and happiness. From the mayor’s toast to Rex‚ King of Carnival at Gallier Hall
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Happy Mardi Gras! It seems we’ve just finished planning and shopping and cooking and giving for Valentine’s Day and now another big food day descends upon us‚ that of Mardi Gras! Many people associate Mardi Gras with New Orleans Jazz bands‚ parade krewes‚ and overall hedonistic behavior. I’d say that’s about right. Shrove Tuesday‚ Pancake Tuesday‚ Fat Tuesday‚ (or in French‚ it’s Mardi Gras)‚ and Carnival. Whatever one calls it‚ it adds up to a day‚ for some‚ of pure debauchery. For most‚ it’s
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARDI GRAS Dating back to the feudal Middle Ages‚ Carnival Season is one of the various celebrations of the new Christian world‚ which replaced those‚ which we moderns label as pagan. In particular‚ Carnival is thought to have replaced the Roman feast of Lupercalia‚ celebrated for centuries on February 15th of the Julian calendar‚ in honor of Lupercus‚ a Roman pastoral god associated with Faunus (satyr). Although Lupercus derives from jupus (wolf)‚ the original meaning
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ocean level? Why in the world would anybody need to go to a city underneath ocean level? It’s a puzzle to me‚ yet New Orleans is underneath ocean level and that is the place I need to visit. New Orleans is renowned for the Mardi Gras‚ which signifies "Fat Tuesday." Mardi Gras is a celebration that pulls in a large number of individuals from all around the globe‚ and it highlights music‚ show‚ road gatherings‚ parades and the world’s finest jazz‚ Cajun style. New Orleans is in Louisiana‚ the
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Author Nola Mae Wittler Ross wrote a passage in the book “Mardi Gras in Calcasieu Parish: A Pictorial History” which quoted a man who talks about the Mardi Gras run tradition. Years ago‚ men over the age of 16 rode a horse and wore a costume which were usually a pair of old overalls with colorful patches. With a gunny sack around their shoulders‚ they would wear purple‚ green‚ and gold masks that completely covered their head. No one could tell who the riders were because they would switch horses
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“Made in China” Lonny “Made in China” is one of the most common labels one encounters in a shopping mall in the United States and Europe. If you take your bag out and look up the labels of all your stuff‚ you will find in fact that at least one-half of your belongings are made in China or assembled in China. Nowadays‚ some people experience the conveniences that Chinese merchandise brings and complain about
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