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2. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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   Beads used on Mardi Gras (known as Shrove Tuesday in some regions) are purple, green, and gold, with these three colors containing the Christian symbolism of justice, faith, and power, respectively. [2] [3] Traditionally, Mardi Gras beads were manufactured in Japan and Czech Republic, although many are now imported from mainland China. [4]

3. 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. ... More than 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads were uncovered in just a five-block span in New Orleans ...

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. Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads - Wikipedia

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   While thought to be decorative, Mardi Gras beads hanging on trees are harmful to the plant as a whole. When the parade season ended in 2014, the New Orleans city government spent $1.5 million to pick up about 1,500 tons of Mardi Gras-induced waste, consisting mostly of beads. [1] This is a recurring problem every year for the city.

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

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   The traditional colors are purple, green, and gold. It has been rumored that when Grand Duke Alexis visited in 1872, his welcoming committee handed out purple, green, and gold beads to the party ...

7. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   The publication of Redmon's book, Beads, Bodies, and Trash: Public Sex, Global Labor, and the Disposability of Mardi Gras, follows up on the documentary by providing an ethnographic analysis of the social harms, the pleasures, and the consequences of the toxicity that Mardi Gras beads produce. [51]