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2. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans.Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western Christian tradition).

3. 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]

4. Courir de Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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   Men and women ride together. The Mardi Gras stop at multiple houses and business in and around the towns of Creole and Grand Chenier to dance, drink, play tricks, chase chickens, and gather ingredients for their communal gumbo that night. [58] They wear traditional Cajun Mardi Gras costumes as well as modern variations.

5. The History of Mardi Gras Is Just as Fun and Exciting as the ...

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   Mardi is the French word for Tuesday, and gras means "fat." This name comes from the custom of eating all the fatty, rich foods in the house prior to Lent in order to prepare for fasting and ...

6. Applebee's new dollar drink is Mardi Gras-inspired and comes ...

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   Applebee's version comes in a 10-ounce mug rather than a hurricane glass, but as an added festive touch, the drink is served with a masked stirrer or decorative beads.

7. Fun, Fascinating Mardi Gras Facts That You Didn't Know - AOL

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   These cakes are a blend of coffee cake and cinnamon roll and iced in the traditional Mardi Gras colors. Hidden within the cake is a plastic baby to represent the baby Jesus. Tradition holds that ...

8. Anisette - Wikipedia

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   Characters in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises [7] and his short story "Hills Like White Elephants" drink and discuss Anís del Toro – "Bull's Anisette." Another type, Aguardiente de Ojén , gained fame abroad and is popular in New Orleans, Louisiana, especially during the Mardi Gras festivities. [8] [9]

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

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   Mardi Gras—the French term for 'Fat Tuesday'—lasts from January 6 until February 13. Carnival kicks off after Christmas on January 6 (otherwise known as Twelfth Night) and continues until Fat ...