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2. Mystic society - Wikipedia

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   Mobile Carnival poster from 1900. A mystic society is a Mardi Gras social organization in Mobile, Alabama, that presents parades and/or balls for the enjoyment of its members, guests, and the public. [1] The New Orleans Krewe is patterned after Mobile's Mystics. [2] The societies have been based in class, economic and racial groups. [1]

3. Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Mobile Carnival poster from 1900. Floats lining up for an Order of Inca parade in 2007. Mardi Gras is the annual Carnival celebration in Mobile, Alabama.It is the oldest official Carnival celebration in the United States, started by Frenchman Nicholas Langlois in 1703 when Mobile was the capital of Louisiana.

4. Mobile Carnival Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Mobile Carnival Museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years [1] of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. [2] The museum is housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion on Government Street in downtown Mobile.

5. 75 Mardi Gras Facts That Will Help You Bring Meaning to the ...

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   The oldest stateside Mardi Gras celebration took place in Mobile, Alabama, in 1703. 56. A man dressed as Santa Claus was largely credited with throwing the very first Mardi Gras beads during a ...

6. Order of Myths - Wikipedia

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   The Order of Myths, (OOMs) founded in 1867, [1] is the second oldest mystic society to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, after the Striker's Independent Society. It is the oldest continuously parading mystic society in Mobile. The Order of Myths chose, as its symbolic emblem, Folly chasing Death around a broken column of life.

7. Striker's Independent Society - Wikipedia

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   The Striker's Independent Society (SIS) is the oldest continuously active mystic society in Mobile, founded in 1843 [1] (during Mobile's first American period), Alabama. Mobile's Mardi Gras history spans over 300 years, as customs changed with the ruling nations: Mobile was the capital of French Louisiana in 1702, then British in 1763, then ...