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2. Mardi Gras is coming. Here's what to know about New Orleans ...

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   Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on Friday as a parade of “fabulous women and the men who support them” walked the narrow streets of the old French Quarter handing ...

3. As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain ...

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   New Orleans' annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends ...

4. 60 Mardi Gras Trivia Questions and Answers to Fuel Your Brain ...

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   Question: What time does New Orleans law require masks to be removed on Mardi Gras? Answer: 6 p.m. Question: How many pounds of beads are thrown during an average New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration?

5. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   New Orleans Social Clubs or Gentlemen's Clubs play a very large part in the Mardi Gras celebration. The oldest is The Boston Club (third oldest in the United States), founded in 1841 as a place for its members to congregate and partake in the fashionable card game of Boston , Rex Royalty is chosen from among its ranks.

6. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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   The tradition in New Orleans expanded to the point that it became synonymous with the city in popular perception, and embraced by residents of New Orleans beyond those of French or Catholic heritage. Mardi Gras celebrations are part of the basis of the slogan Laissez les bons temps rouler ("Let the good times roll"), as floats "roll."

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

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   Here’s what travelers should know about celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans: What are the dates for Mardi Gras in 2024? Mardi Gras season begins on Jan. 6, the Epiphany, but its duration ...

8. Krewe of Proteus - Wikipedia

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   In 1991 the New Orleans City Council, led by Democrat Dorothy Mae Taylor, passed an ordinance that required social organizations, including Mardi Gras Krewes, to certify publicly that they did not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation, in order to obtain parade permits and other public licensure.

9. New Orleans' Carnival season marks Fat Tuesday with ... - AOL

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   Festivities marking Mardi Gras, the climactic day of New Orleans’ Carnival season, hit full swing early Tuesday, with costumed revelers gathering on the narrow streets of the French Quarter and ...