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  2. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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    Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [1] [2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [3]

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

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    Mardi Gras season begins on Jan. 6, the Epiphany, but its duration changes each year based on Easter. It always runs until Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent ...

  4. 75 Mardi Gras Facts That Will Help You Bring Meaning to the ...

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    More family-friendly Mardi Gras celebrations are typically held north of the French Quarter. 33. There are Mardi Gras parades for dogs in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the Louisiana Northshore each ...

  5. Behind the Mask: Courir De Mardi Gras embraces Cajun ... - AOL

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    In rural Louisiana, Mardi Gras is celebrated differently than with parades marching bands, beads, and balls. Behind the Mask: Courir De Mardi Gras embraces Cajun traditions, French roots Skip to ...

  6. Courir de Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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    The Courir de Mardi Gras (Louisiana French pronunciation: [kuɾiɾ d maɾdi ɡɾa], French pronunciation: [kuʁiʁ də maʁdi ɡʁa]) is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun and Creole communities of French Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Courir de Mardi Gras is Louisiana French for "Fat Tuesday Run".

  7. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    A topless woman at a French Quarter coffee house, Mardi Gras afternoon, 2009. Wearing less clothing than considered decent in other contexts during Mardi Gras has been documented since 1889, when the Times-Democrat decried the "degree of immodesty exhibited by nearly all female masqueraders seen on the streets." Risqué costumes, including body ...

  8. The History of Mardis Gras in 10 Facts - AOL

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    French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville arrived in what is now modern day Mobile, Alabama on Fat Tuesday, 1699. He named the location Point du Mardi Gras and threw a little party.

  9. Mardi (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Mardi or Mardi and a Voyage Thither is an 1849 novel by American author Herman Melville. Mardi, the French word for Tuesday, may also refer to: Mardi (people), an Iranian tribe; Mardi, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, India; Mardi, New South Wales, a suburb in Australia; Märdi, Valga County, an Estonian village; Märdi, Võru County, an ...