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The King Gabriel's Parade will begin at 10 a.m. The Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Parade will began at 1 p.m., and the Independent Paradewill began at 2 p.m.
Lafayette Public Works prepares for Mardi Gras as barricades go up throughout Lafayette signaling the beginning of parades.
Mardi Gras parades have been an annual tradition in Lafayette since 1934. Recent attendance on Mardi Gras day has been estimated as high as 250,000 by police spokespersons. The first formal Mardi Gras ball and parade in Lafayette dates back to 1869. In 1897, King Attakapas, the first Lafayette Mardi Gras king was crowned.
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Krewe. A krewe (/ kruː / KROO) is a social organization that stages parades and/or balls for the Carnival season. The term is best known for its association with Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, but is also used in other Carnival celebrations throughout Louisiana (e.g. in Lafayette, Shreveport, and Baton Rouge) and along the Gulf of ...
Here are the Mardi Gras events happening this week. As Fat Tuesday approaches, there is celebrating to do. With parades, dances and courirs. Here are the Mardi Gras events happening this week.
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 ...