Mardi Gras does not always start on Tuesday, but ends on Tuesday...hence Mardi Gras (this is French Mardi=Tuesday, Gras=Fat...Fat Tuesday). It is the last day before Ash Wednesday which starts the fasting associated with Lent.
San Luis Obispo Mardi Gras controversy happened in 2004.
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the JESTER is the Mardi Gras mascot.
The French idea of Mardi Gras dates back to the 1600s but the first Mardi Gras celebration in the America took place at Fort Louis de la Mobile in 1703. The first New Orleans Mardi Gras was celebrated in the 1730s.
Mardi Gras is practised in Haiti
Mardi Gras in 2009 is February 4.
Bon, in french, means good. Mardi Gras means 'Fat Tuesday.' Saying Bon Mardi Gras is the english equivilant to saying Happy Mardi Gras.
Mardi=Tuesday Gras=Fat Both are french words that when translated to english from Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday.
The Mardi Gras Mystery was created in 1988.
Mardi Gras was February 24, 2009.