Mardi Gras

There are a huge number of stores both online and in the "real world" which sell Mardi Gras party supplies. It would be helpful for you to make a list of what constitutes for you "essential" Mardi Gras equipment and work from there. One can look for specialist fancy dress retailers who often have costumes and accessories which are suitable for a Mardi Gras party. If one is looking for specific Mardi Gras food, one can often find this in a supermarket or delicatessen shop.

Mardi Gras is celebrated all over the world.

The most renowned area in the United States is in the south around New Orleans. Mardi Gras is celebrated with lavish parades, balls, and parties in the weeks leading up to Lent.

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purple = justice, green = faith, gold = power

The US city that is famous for its Mardi Gras celebration is New Orleans in Louisiana. Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, is celebrated in either February or March of each year. The next Mardi Gras will be held on February 17, 2015.

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The Wednesday after Mardi Gras is referred to as Ash Wednesday. It is the first day of the Catholic Lenten season and is named this because of the custom of marking our foreheads with ashes as a sign of repentance and to remind us of our mortality.

red beans and rice, muffalata, jambalaya and of course king cake

"Carnival" - celebrated in Rio de Janiero, is not the same festival as "Mardi Gras".

they donow but that's because they used to have real valulable coins and whoever got the coin got to be king for a day but that was a long time ago. now there is a babyput in the cake to reprsent baby Jesus.

# Coins with Rex on it # Beads # The colors purple green and gold

In 1892 the Grand Duke Alexis Romanoff, brother of the heir to the Russian throne visited New Orleans. He was asked to be the Rex (king) of the parade and was given the honor of choosing the official Mardi Gras colors. His choices were purple, green and gold:

-purple symbolized justice,

-green represented faith

-and gold stood for power

These have remained the official colors of Mardi Gras until today.

They celebrate saint Patrick's day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas and saint Steffens day

Most places in the U.S. don't celebrate Mardi Gras in particular. It's mainly something that's in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originated in the USA in Mobile, AL long before New Orleans even was founded. Mardi Gras is only legally observed as a state holiday in the counties of Mobile and Baldwin in Alabama. The other 65 counties of the state do not recognize it as a holiday.

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The last day before the period of Lent, and the first day of it. Certain foods were historically banned during Lent, so the day before (Tuesday) was a day to use up the leftovers before the household was 'shriven'.

Mardi Gras was not celebrated in 1213 though had it been so it would have been on a Tuesday.

Based on history, it started first in Nice in 1294 A.D. The Comte de Provence started going to Nice for the carnivals. Some of the records say that even masquerades, jugglers and balls were already part of the festivities.

The words Mardi Gras mean Fat Tuesday in French. The fact that the carnival name is French is proof for some that the carnival began in France. The day is also called Shrove Tuesday which means confessing one's sins and getting absolution.he days from Sunday, Monday to Tuesday was called Shrovetide. It's possible that the practice began here. After the festivities, people would confess their sins and prepare for Lent.

purple, green, and gold

Mardi Gras is a celebration most notably held in New Orleans, Louisiana

Jean-Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville settled the town of Bienville in Louisiana for the Canadians. He was also a governor of Louisiana. His brother Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville settled the town of D'Iberville.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, and it is common practice among Christians to sacrifice worldly pleasures during this season to remember the sacrifice of Jesus being crucified (Good Friday). Somewhere someone got the idea that if you're going to abstain from worldly pleasures for 40 days you might as well party it up for the day (Fat Tuesday) if not the week (MardiGras) before.

Shrove Tuesday is the day right before the season of Lent begins. In some major countries it is also called pancake day, it is to begin the time when Jesus died for us until Easter Sunday.

Mardi gras music is referred to as dixie. It is a combination of jazz, blues and zydeco.

Only a minority of gay people celebrate Mardi Gras. Most do not.

The history behind the Mardi Gras beads is that the tradition started when necklaces were thrown instead of medallions to the public.

The colors that are most common are green, purple and gold. They are supposed to be 'royal' colors. The green represents faith, the gold represents power, and the purple represents justice.

The idea was to toss beads in the color that represented the person at whom you were aiming.