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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. Bowl game schedule today: Breaking down the New Orleans Bowl ...

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   The college football schedule for Dec. 19 sees the bowl debut for one school and another former FCS program clash in the New Orleans Bowl.

4. List of festivals in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   Día de Muertos - New Orleans; Festival of the Bonfires - Reserve, Garyville, Gramercy, and Lutcher Louisiana; Fèt Gede New Orleans; Holiday Trail of Lights - North Louisiana; Natchitoches Christmas Festival - Natchitoches; New Orleans Mardi Gras - New Orleans

5. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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   The party proceeded upstream to a place on the east bank about 60 miles (100 km) downriver from where New Orleans is today, and made camp. This was on 3 March 1699, Mardi Gras, so in honour of this holiday, Iberville named the spot Point du Mardi Gras (French: "Mardi Gras Point") and called the nearby tributary Bayou Mardi Gras. [32]

6. New Orleans Keeps a French Holiday Tradition Alive With ...

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   New Orleans Keeps a French Holiday Tradition Alive With Seasonal Feasts. Adam H. Callaghan. November 18, 2024 at 10:57 AM. ... December in New Orleans means smaller crowds, mild temperatures ...

7. As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain ...

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   New Orleans' annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends ...

8. Mardi Gras Act of 1875 - Wikipedia

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   The holiday is observed on the day before Ash Wednesday (also known as Fat Tuesday). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Establishing the state holiday made it possible for people to celebrate Mardi Gras legally, including suspending laws against concealing one's identity with a mask for the day, though it continues to be illegal on every other day of the year ...

9. What's the History of Mardi Gras? Here's How the Pre-Lent ...

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   Both Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, are said to have hosted the first Mardi Gras. Some say that Alabama holds the title on a technicality—the city was officially founded over a ...