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2. 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 ...

3. Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club - Wikipedia

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   The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club (founded 1916) is a fraternal organization in New Orleans, Louisiana which puts on the Zulu parade each year on Mardi Gras Day. Zulu is New Orleans' largest predominantly African American carnival organization known for its krewe members wearing grass skirts and its unique throw of hand-painted coconuts. [1]

4. Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Orville Cawthon, King Felix of Mobile Mardi Gras in 1905. Each year, the Mardi Gras (or Carnival) season starts with three major events: the November parties of the International Carnival Ball and the Camellia Ball where the city's debutantes are presented, [8] New Year's Eve and January 6, also known as Twelfth Night or the Feast of the ...

5. Mardi Gras in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras arrived in North America as a sedate French Catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers, [3] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiane, which included what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

6. 50 Mardi Gras Quotes and Captions for Your Carnival Season ...

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   For starters, Mardi Gras traditions are in full effect in the Big Easy and many parts of the world like Brazil, Italy, and Trinidad and Tobago on the last Tuesday before Lent — the six-week ...

7. AP PHOTOS: A look at Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans ...

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   The Rex Organization, founded in the 19th century, rolls every Fat Tuesday, with the role of Rex, King of Carnival, filled each year by a different local dignitary.

8. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   In the year 2000, a local electronics engineer, Willie Clark, introduced an upgraded version of the classic, naming them Mardi Gras Coconuts. These new coconuts were first used by the club in 2002, giving the souvenirs to royalty and city notables.

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

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   Nearly every year (the Covid-19 pandemic years notwithstanding) the city of New Orleans descends in to a chaotic flurry of crowds, colorful masks, and beads galore all in celebration of Mardi Gras.