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This year, Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Mardi Gras marks the official end of Carnival, a season of feasting that starts on Twelfth Night, January 6. In New Orleans and Mobile ...
The 2006 New Orleans Carnival schedule included the Krewe du Vieux on its traditional route through Marigny and the French Quarter on February 11, the Saturday two weekends before Mardi Gras. There were several parades on Saturday, February 18, and Sunday the 19th a week before Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [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]
The 1,500 riders of the Krewe of Zulu roll down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day with their 44-float parade entitled Zulu Salutes Divas and Legends on March 1, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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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.
The 14th annual Barefoot Mardi Gras parade, marking the end of the pre-Lenten season in Christianity, will take place at 11 a.m. near Whitecap Boulevard on the Island. ... Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 ...
The Krewe of Mardi Paws is a nonprofit organization [1] that was founded in 1994 by Denise Gutnisky [2] as a small dog parade that raised funds for animal shelters, and began to have a different theme every year starting in 1999. The parade was born in Mandeville, but was moved to Downtown Covington in 2020.