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2. 50 Mardi Gras Quotes and Captions for Your Carnival Season ...

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   Whether your idea of celebrating Fat Tuesday (a.k.a. Mardi Gras, in French) involves throwing beads from a fancy float in New Orleans or eating a colorful slice of king cake from the comfort of ...

3. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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   Beads used on Mardi Gras (known as Shrove Tuesday in some regions) are purple, green, and gold, with these three colors containing the Christian symbolism of justice, faith, and power, respectively. [2] [3] Traditionally, Mardi Gras beads were manufactured in Japan and Czech Republic, although many are now imported from mainland China. [4]

4. Celebrating Mardi Gras: What to know about the colorful ...

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   Revellers catch beads from a float in the 2023 Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club parade during a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans on Feb. 21, 2023. ... green and gold, the traditional colors ...

5. 75 Mardi Gras Facts That Will Help You Bring Meaning to the ...

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   The official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green. 7. Purple symbolizes justice. ... More than 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads were uncovered in just a five-block span in New Orleans ...

6. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   The practice of exposing female breasts in exchange for Mardi Gras beads, however, was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. [ 5 ] [ 62 ] In the crowded streets of the French Quarter, generally avoided by locals on Mardi Gras Day, flashers on balconies cause crowds to form on the streets.

7. Bead Town - Wikipedia

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   Bead Town is a traveling art exhibit of 100 huge mosaics composed of recycled Mardi Gras beads. Created by carpenter and artist Stephan Wanger in New Orleans , Louisiana , Bead Town has been exhibited in Winnsboro, Louisiana , [ 1 ] Natchitoches, Louisiana , [ 2 ] and Gary, Indiana .