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

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   What are the dates for Mardi Gras in 2024? Mardi Gras season begins on Jan. 6, the Epiphany, but its duration changes each year based on Easter. ... Paid tickets for Mardi Gras balls or seating in ...

3. 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 ...

4. Krewe of Endymion - Wikipedia

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   The Krewe of Endymion is one of only three Super Krewes (using floats and celebrity Grand Marshals), and is the largest of the parades participating in the New Orleans Mardi Gras. [1] Many people begin saving their viewing spots for this parade several days before the parade actually rolls, although spot-saving is widely frowned upon and is ...

5. Krewe of Thoth - Wikipedia

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   History and formation. The Krewe of Thoth was organized in 1947 in the uptown neighborhood of New Orleans. It presented its first ball and five float parade with 50 members in 1948. The route has traditionally gone into areas not covered by larger krewes. It typically passed a large numbers of hospitals and other care facilities with patients ...

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

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   Here's everything to know about Mardi Gras. When is Mardi Gras 2023? Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, in 2024 is Feb. 13. When does Mardi Gras start? Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," according ...

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

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   February 7, 2024 at 1:42 PM. Joel Carillet/Getty Images. ... The krewes are showcased in the parades but their club activities and traditional Mardi Gras balls are by invitation, with each ball ...

8. What to know as 2024 Mardi Gras parades kick off in ... - AOL

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   With bad weather approaching, the first weekend of Mardi Gras in Houma-Thibodaux has some changes. Here's what to know. Here are some tips and information, including a complete schedule, to help ...

9. 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 ...