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  2. Iko Iko - Wikipedia

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    The group was also known as the Chipaka Shaweez. The song was originally called 'Jockamo,' and it has a lot of Creole patois in it. Jockamo means 'jester' in the old myth. It is Mardi Gras music, and the Shaweez was one of many Mardi Gras groups who dressed up in far out Indian costumes and came on as Indian tribes.

  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. Order of Myths - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Myths, (OOMs) founded in 1867, [1] is the second oldest mystic society to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, after the Striker's Independent Society. It is the oldest continuously parading mystic society in Mobile. The Order of Myths chose, as its symbolic emblem, Folly chasing Death around a broken column of life.

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

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    The family-owned business, which designs and builds floats for Mardi Gras and other festivals far beyond New Orleans, celebrates its historic ties to the city with Mardi Gras World. After repeated ...

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

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    Translated to English, "Mardi Gras" means "Fat Tuesday." 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia

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    [28] Elsewhere, the day has also been called "Mardi Gras", meaning "Fat Tuesday", after the type of celebratory meal that day. [29] In Germany, the day is known as Fastnachtsdienstag, Faschingsdienstag, Karnevalsdienstag or Veilchendienstag (the last of which translates to violet [the flower] Tuesday). It is celebrated with fancy dress and a ...

  9. Knights of Momus - Wikipedia

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    The Knights of Momus ("KOM") were a Mardi Gras society in Galveston, Texas, founded in 1871. [6] The original Knights of Momus went defunct around the time of World War II. A new group was founded in the mid-1980s, and seeking to rekindle the spirit of the original group, adopted the Momus name. The group was named after the Greek god Momus.