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2. WATCH: Mardi Gras parade, celebrations kick off in New Orleans

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   According to a report from USA TODAY, some history books claim the first Mardi Gras in America was in 1699 when French explorers Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de ...

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

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   24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... Related: Best Cheap or Free Things to Do in New Orleans. Wikimedia Commons. ... Even better, you leave with bags of Mardi Gras beads and throws ...

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. Bead Town - Wikipedia

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   Bead Town is a traveling art exhibit of 100 huge mosaics composed of recycled Mardi Gras beads. Created by carpenter and artist Stephan Wanger in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bead Town has been exhibited in Winnsboro, Louisiana, [1] Natchitoches, Louisiana, [2] and Gary, Indiana. [3] [4] [5]

6. 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 ...

7. Mardi Gras in the United States - Wikipedia

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   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.