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2. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, or other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats for Mardi Gras celebrations, particularly in New Orleans, the Mobile, Alabama, and parades throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States, to spectators lining the streets. The "gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos [are ...

3. 75 Mardi Gras Facts That Will Help You Bring Meaning to the ...

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   More than 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads were uncovered in just a five-block span in New Orleans drains in the 2017-2018 season. 42. Before the 2019 Mardi Gras season, New Orleans installed ...

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

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   Revellers catch beads from a float in the 2023 Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club parade during a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans on Feb. 21, 2023. How does New Orleans celebrate Mardi Gras?

5. When is Mardi Gras 2024? A look at how it began and how to ...

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   Mardi Gras is Feb. 13, 2024, however the festivities often take place much earlier. ... Large parades, jester masks, colorful beads, elaborate costumes and a baby inside a pastry are all commonly ...

6. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   The practice of exposing female breasts in exchange for Mardi Gras beads, however, was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. [ 5 ] [ 62 ] In the crowded streets of the French Quarter, generally avoided by locals on Mardi Gras Day, flashers on balconies cause crowds to form on the streets.

7. Mardi Gras Indians - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras Indian suits cost thousands of dollars in materials alone and can weigh upwards of one hundred pounds (45 kg). [183] A suit usually takes between six and nine months to plan and complete, but can take up to a year. [n] Mardi Gras Indians design and create their own suits; elaborate bead patches depict meaningful and symbolic scenes.

8. New Orleans pulls 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from ... - AOL

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   More than 93,000 pounds of Carnival beads were pulled from clogged catch basins along a five-block stretch of a downtown parade route. New Orleans pulls 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from storm ...

9. Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Mobile Carnival poster from 1900. Floats lining up for an Order of Inca parade in 2007. Mardi Gras is the annual Carnival celebration in Mobile, Alabama.It is the oldest official Carnival celebration in the United States, started by Frenchman Nicholas Langlois in 1703 when Mobile was the capital of Louisiana.