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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]
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.
Since its first impromptu celebrations in the early 1700's, Mardi Gras was regularly cancelled or banned for its destructive drunken parties—that is until 1837, when a secret society known as ...
Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, in 2024 is Feb. 13. When does Mardi Gras start? Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," according to Britannica. It is traditionally celebrated on Shrove Tuesday ...
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).
The party of the year is here. Mardi Gras, an annual carnival celebrated with exuberance and cultural richness, is upon us.. The celebration is rooted in the traditions of various cultures ...
69. Mardi Gras was declared a holiday by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. 70. Fat Tuesday was declared a Louisiana state holiday in 1875. 71. Alabama and Florida also have state holidays for Mardi Gras. 72.
Both free and enslaved people in the French territory of Louisiana were recorded as having celebrated Mardi Gras as early as 1732. [9] [10] Balls were a prominent aspect of these early Mardi Gras celebrations; then governor of Louisiana, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, held several in his home that set the stage for future upper-class celebrations. [11]