Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations happen for about two weeks, culminating on Mardi Gras, a celebratory name for Shrove Tues
A Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, 2011
The Carnival at New Orleans, 1885
Bessie Behan, Carnival Queen, 1891
Mardi Gras maskers; c. 1915 postcard
Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the final day of Carnival; it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to it
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
…The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations happen for about two weeks, culminating on Mardi Gras (French for…
Celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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