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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). Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, the season is known as Carnival and ...

3. Celebrating Mardi Gras: What to know about the colorful ...

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   “Mardi Gras,” which is French for "Fat Tuesday," marks the culmination of festivities before the solemn season of Lent. It is a kaleidoscope of colors, music and masked revelry, famously ...

4. 75 Mardi Gras Facts That Will Help You Bring Meaning to the ...

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   The official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green. 7. Purple symbolizes justice. 8. Green signifies faith. 9. Gold represents power. 10. The 1872 Krewe of Rex is credited with ...

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

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   The official — and traditional — colors of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras are purple, green, and gold. Highly recognizable, they are also imbued with meaning as purple stands for justice, gold ...

6. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌmɑːrdi ˈɡrɑː /, US: / ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː /; [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] Mardi Gras is French for " Fat Tuesday ", reflecting the practice of the last night of ...

7. Rex (krewe) - Wikipedia

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   A boeuf gras was included in the first Rex parade decorated with garland and ribbons directly behind Rex. Legend has it that Old Jeff, a stockyard bull from Arabi, was used in later years. In 1900 boeuf gras was taken out of the Rex parade as it was thought outsiders to traditional Mardi Gras would not understand. By proclamation from Rex usage ...