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  2. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, the season is known as Carnival and begins on 12th Night, January 6th, and extends until midnight before Ash Wednesday. Club, or Krewe, balls start soon after, though most are extremely private, with their Kings and Queens coming from wealthy old families and their courts consisting of the season's debutantes.

  3. Everything You Need to Know About Fat Tuesday - AOL

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    You probably know about Mardi Gras and have heard the name Fat Tuesday string along with it. Here's everything you need to know about what that means!

  4. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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    In 1723, the capital of Louisiana was moved to New Orleans, founded in 1718. [33] The first Mardi Gras parade held in New Orleans is recorded to have taken place in 1833 with Bernard de Marigny funding the first organized parade, tableau, and ball. The tradition in New Orleans expanded to the point that it became synonymous with the city in ...

  5. New Orleans' Carnival season marks Fat Tuesday with ... - AOL

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    Festivities marking Mardi Gras, the climactic day of New Orleans’ Carnival season, hit full swing early Tuesday, with costumed revelers gathering on the narrow streets of the French Quarter and ...

  6. 60 Mardi Gras Trivia Questions and Answers to Fuel Your Brain ...

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    Question: What time does New Orleans law require masks to be removed on Mardi Gras? Answer: 6 p.m. Question: How many pounds of beads are thrown during an average New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration?

  7. List of festivals in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Essence Music Festival - New Orleans; Festival International - Lafayette; French Quarter Festival - New Orleans; Highland Jazz & Blues Festival - Shreveport, New Orleans; New Orleans Burlesque Festival - New Orleans; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans; Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival - Ponchatoula; Voodoo Experience ...

  8. What is Fat Tuesday? The origins might surprise you - AOL

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    The Mardi Gras season always begins on Jan. 6, the 12th day after Christmas. However, the final weeks before Fat Tuesday are the most opulent.

  9. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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    As Fat Tuesday concludes the period of Carnival (Shrovetide), Mardi Gras beads are taken off oneself on the following day, Ash Wednesday, which begins the penitential season of Lent. [5] As such, one of the "solemn practices of Ash Wednesday is to pack all the beads acquired during the parade season into bags and boxes and take them to the attic".