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What Is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras is a tradition that dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of spring and fertility, including the raucous Roman festivals of Saturnalia and...
Mardi Gras is about music, parades, picnics, floats and excitement. It's one big holiday in New Orleans! Revelers know to wear costumes or at least dress in purple, green, and gold, and adorn themselves with long beads caught from the floats of previous parades.
Discover a brief history of the unique and historically rooted culture of Mardi Gras Indians (also known as Black Masking Indians) in New Orleans. Twelfth Night marks the beginning of Carnival season, Mardi Gras, in New Orleans. Here are the best things to do from parades to king cake.
From the story of how Mardi Gras first came to be to the most popular traditions—like the beads and the king cake—we're exploring the most raucous holiday of the year.
From its distinctive color scheme to the cakes handed out with abandon and the beads you’ll find strewn across Bourbon Street, here is a list of Mardi Gras traditions to enhance your understanding of this party like no other.
Mardi Gras is more than just a holiday in the South—it’s an entire season that runs from November through Ash Wednesday. If you’re new to the holiday or maybe just need a refresher on all the festive fun, check out these seven Mardi Gras traditions Southerners make sure to uphold every year.
Explore the history behind six of the most famous Mardi Gras traditions, New Orleans‑style.
Mardi Gras—also known as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, and Pancake Day—is celebrated all over the world as a last day of revelry before the solemn season of Lent. Parades, elaborate costumes, and...
One of the most mysterious, fascinating, and colorful pieces of New Orleans’ cultural quilt belongs to Mardi Gras Indians. A unique and historic subculture of New Orleans, Mardi Gras Indians and their traditions date back to the 1800s when Native Americans helped shield runaway slaves.
Mardi Gras, festive day celebrated in France on Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday), which marks the close of the pre-Lenten season. The French name Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday, from the custom of using all the fats in the home before Lent in preparation for fasting and abstinence.