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	Mardi Gras - MSN Encarta
		Mardi Gras is the last opportunity for revelry and indulgence in food and drink before the temperance of Lent.
		Mardi Gras is informally observed in many North American cities, usually invoking the spirit of the New Orleans festivities.
		Distinctive Mardi Gras traditions are also maintained by the Cajuns, an ethnic group that derives its culture from French Canadian refugees who settled in southwestern Louisiana during the 18th century.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553106/Mardi_Gras_celebration_before_the_start_of_Lent.html (1337 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Mardi Gras - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Mardi Gras arrived in North America with the LeMoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiana, which included Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
		There are also Mardi Gras parades in Northern Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana by the Krewe of Centaur and the Krewe of Gemini and in Monroe, Louisiana and West Monroe, Louisiana by the Krewe of Janus.
		Mardi Gras is one of only three exceptions to the Louisiana law against wearing hoods and masks in public, the other two being Halloween and religious beliefs.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Mardi_Gras.htm (1631 words)

	Mardi Gras
		"Mardi Gras" means "Fat Tuesday." Traditionally, it is the last day for Catholics to indulge—and often overindulge—before Ash Wednesday starts the sober weeks of fasting that come with Lent.
		Mardi Gras has been celebrated in New Orleans on a grand scale, with masked balls and colorful parades, since French settlers arrived in the early 1700s.
		Some hotels noted that a lot of their Mardi Gras reservations were from the local area, perhaps from those hoping to return to the good times of the past and taking a break from the hard work of recovery.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/mardigras1.html (799 words)

	History of Mardi Gras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mardi Gras, which means "Fat Tuesday" in French, is a holiday originating from ancient pagan traditions that were Christianized by the Catholic Church.
		The Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans is often misconstrued by the majority of Americans due to the media's representation of it as a one-day event on Fat Tuesday.
		Although Mardi Gras is an extravagant holiday, it is based on religious beliefs, and encompasses a season of celebration for adults and children alike.
	www.birthdayexpress.com /bexpress/planning/MardiGras.asp (869 words)

	Mardi Gras
		Costuming has had a long, if not checkered, history that began in the days of the Lupercalian was a pre-Christian Roman celebration when pagan priests cross-dressed and offered themselves (as women) to celebrants (of either sex).
		Another side of costuming, where it’s more of a fine art rather than a matter of disguise, is that of the famed Mardi Gras Indians, who wear some of the most elaborate outfits.
		The costumes are worn on Mardi Gras and again on the Sunday closest to St. Joseph’s Day, when the chief and his gang march in the streets.
	www.strawberrylady.com /holidays/mardigras.htm (1830 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Mardi Gras Works"
		Mardi Gras Day, a legal holiday in New Orleans, is set to occur 46 days (the 40 days of Lent plus six Sundays) before Easter and can come as early as February 3 or as late as March 9.
		Mardi Gras was first mentioned in North America in 1699 in the writings of French explorer Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, who camped on the Mississippi River about 50 miles south of the present location of New Orleans.
		Mardi Gras is officially over at the stroke of midnight on Ash Wednesday.
	people.howstuffworks.com /mardi-gras.htm/printable (2778 words)

	Mardi Gras
		Mardi Gras is as much a part of New Orleans as jazz and gumbo.
		French explorers brought the celebration to the New World and as New Orleans became settled, it flourished as a rowdy street festival.
		It wasn't until Mardi Gras evening in 1857 that the first parade was staged by the Mystic Krewe of Comus, the first of the Mardi Gras krewes or organizations.
	www.bobbrooke.com /mardigras.htm (1476 words)

	There are some things about Mardi Gras in New Orleans that require explanation. Some of our time-honored traditions are ...
		Mardi Gras is a centuries old tradition, which has evolved, and continues to do so, and has its own unique terminology.
		Mardi Gras is a celebration that is entirely sponsored and supported by private citizens.
		Mardi Gras Balls are the highlight of the organization's annual festivities.
	www.atneworleans.com /body/mardicustoms.htm (577 words)

	Catholic Roots of Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday History
		Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last hurrah before the Catholic season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
		Mardi Gras came to the New World in 1699, when a French explorer arrived at the Mississippi River, about 60 miles south of present day New Orleans.
		The official colors of Mardi Gras, with their roots in Catholicism, were chosen 10 years later: purple, a symbol of justice; green, representing faith; and gold, to signify power.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/MardiGras (716 words)

	Mardi Gras
		A newer tradition of Mardi Gras is the Phunny Phorty Phellows (PPP), a group of about 50 costumed men and women who trumpet the official opening of the carnival season on January 6 by riding a decorated streetcar along the St. Charles Avenue line.
		Mardi Gras is informally observed in some other North American cities, including San Francisco and New York, usually with the same traditions featured in the New Orleans festivities.
		Boeuf Gras - This is the fatted bull or ox and symbolizes the last meat eaten before the Lenten season of fasting (the "live" version presented in the Rex parade was replaced in 1959 by a papier-mache version).
	www.mardigraskrewe.com /HTML/history.htm (2741 words)

	Mardi Gras: New Orleans Beads, Pictures, BourboCAM, webcam and parades and Mardi Gras Highlights: MardiGras.com and ...
		But "Mardi Gras" is also commonly used to refer to the whole Carnival season, especially the final frenzied two weeks when the most parades occur.
		Mardi Gras 2003 was one of the rainiest seasons in recent memory, and often chilly to boot.
		Mardi Gras parades in suburbs and outlying areas, from the North Shore to Acadiana, tend to be very family oriented.
	www.nola.com /mardigras/about/index.ssf?/mardigras/about/content/stories/faq.html (2820 words)

	Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is a day of celebration and partying, but the festivities begin much earlier, ...
		While the calendar shows Mardi Gras as a Tuesday, the festivities begin much earlier, on January 6th (Kings Day), and most of the celebration is in the form of Balls and Parades for two weeks or more before Mardi Gras Day.
		Mardi Gras is celebrated in many cities of the country, and in many countries of the world.
		The French Quarter is a different kind of place, and Mardi Gras in the French Quarter is a little different, too.
	www.atneworleans.com /body/mardigras.htm (290 words)

	New Orleans/Mardi Gras - Wikitravel
		Mardi Gras or Carnival Time [1] is the biggest celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana.
		Wearing a mask or costume on Mardi Gras Day is highly recommended by Mardi Gras Veterans, one becomes part of the party, rather than just watching it.
		On Mardi Gras Day dress the family in matching costumes to be thrown extra beads and have extra fun.
	wikitravel.org /en/New_Orleans/Mardi_Gras (1221 words)

	Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans! Mardi Gras krewes, live events, parades, beads, masks, and tips from locals.
		Mardi Gras krewes, live events, parades, beads, masks, and tips from locals.
		Mardi Gras is huge, thousands of people are on the street, and it is very easy to get separated.
		At this time of year, it is simply an adult area where the risque' behavior of many visitors to Mardi Gras is tolerated; i.e., revealing costumes and flashing for beads.
	www.mardigrasneworleans.com /mardi1.html (2112 words)

	New Orleans Mardi Gras; Your source for Mardi Gras, hotels, restaurants, vacations, discounts, sightseeing, tours, ...
		Besides the French Quarter and the parades, there are endless smaller krewes that march in costumed unison, like the Society of St. Ann or Krewe of Elvis.
		Mardi Gras in New Orleans goes back to public dances in the early colony.
		Costumed marchers were recorded in the newspapers in the early 1800s and the first parade organization formed in 1857.
	www.bigeasy.com /new-orleans-events/mardi-gras (539 words)

	Mobile, Alabama - The Mother of All Mardi Gras
		Mardi Gras actually started in Mobile in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers.
		Mardi Gras was transformed into a parade event in 1840 by a group known as the Cowbellion de Rakin Society, the first of many of Mobile's so-called mystic organizations who journeyed to New Orleans in 1857 to help a group there set up a Mardi Gras celebration.
		Amid the costumes, craziness and southern culture on the skids in the late winter, it is worth noting the observation of Gordon Tatum of the Museum of Mobile that "Mardi Gras is just an illusion."
	www.fabuloustravel.com /usa/mardigras/almardigras.html (1203 words)

	Brief History of Gay Mardi Gras - Gay New Orleans
		Mardi Gras is a single day that is the climax for the Carnival season.
		Mardi Gras Royalty are elected because of their contributions and standing in the community.
		Legend has it that the first Mardi Gras came to be because the early Christian church adopted and reformed the Roman feast of Lupercalia, a decadent three days of celebration, in order to convert the pagans.
	www.gaymardigras.com /history.htm (2635 words)

	New Orleans Mardi Gras Costumes; Your source for Mardi Gras, hotels, restaurants, vacations, discounts, sightseeing, ...
		Some of the earliest recorded history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans are laws forbidding costuming.
		All sorts of costumed groups march in the Quarter, including the recently formed Krewe of Elvis, in which everybody is the King.
		Costumes come in all sizes from infants to plus sizes and include everything from superheroes and Harry Potterites to gypsies, pirates, renaissance ladies and lords, goth figures, and even couples costumes like a basic Adam and Eve.
	www.bigeasy.com /new-orleans-events/mardi-gras/costumes.html (781 words)

	Celebrate! Holidays In The U.S.A. - Mardi Gras
		Mardi Gras, from the French words meaning "Fat Tuesday," combines religious tradition with a carnival or festival to welcome spring.
		Carrying on a lively French custom, they dressed in costumes and masks and paraded through the narrow streets of the French Quarter of New Orleans.
		Although Mardi Gras in New Orleans may be considered by some a minor version of "carnival" in Brazil and other Latin countries, Americans are no less enthusiastic in having a good time and enjoying themselves to the fullest during the festivities!
	www.usemb.se /Holidays/celebrate/mardi.html (491 words)

	WDSU.com - Mardi Gras
		Mardi Gras goes to the dogs as the Krewe of Barkus rolls in New Orleans.
		Arthur Hardy is nationally recognized as a premiere authority on Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
		Tourists in town for Mardi Gras are going beyond Bourbon Street to see a different side of the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
	www.wdsu.com /mardigras (365 words)

	Mardi Gras Weblog
		Mardi Gras is long gone, but network TV's nuanced Carnival coverage conveyed a lasting, positive image of a rebuilding New Orleans.
		WASHINGTON -- Louisiana lawmakers used the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall and Mardi Gras -- and the additional enticement of king cake -- to remind colleagues and the news media Tuesday of the unfinished recovery in south Louisiana.
		The grand finale of Mardi Gras 2006 came Shrove Tuesday evening with the traditional "Meeting of the Courts" of the Mistick Krewe of Comus and Rex during the Comus bal masque at the New Orleans Marriott.
	www.nola.com /weblogs/mardigrasfaq (3122 words)

	Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- flashing for beads, party for drunks?
		Local Mardi Gras krewes who bring you the "Greatest Free Show on Earth" do not even parade through the Quarter.
		If you go into the French Quarter at night after a parade, many men are there just to see the sleazy stuff they saw on the news or the internet...
		Established in 1947 to create the floats for Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Blaine Kern Artists and Kern Sculpture have grown to become the most respected and largest float builders in the world.
	www.mardigrasneworleans.com /quartermardi.html (1368 words)

	Mardi Gras World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		And for a taste of Mardi Gras, king cake and piping hot New Orleans coffee are served.
		Mardi Gras floats began rumbling down New Orleans streets in 1837 with mule-drawn carriages.
		Admission to Mardi Gras World is $13.50 for adults, $6.50 for children, and $10.00 for seniors 62 and older.
	www.neworleansonline.com /neworleans/mardigras/mardigrasworld.html (320 words)

	Mardi Gras
		In fact, some people think Mardi Gras celebrations have their source in the wild springtime orgies of the ancient Romans.
		The most lavish get-ups can be seen at the cross-dressing beauty pageants in the French Quarter, where bawdy costuming may reach new heights (over seven feet, in heels).
		Others give up on the costume ploy altogether, finding that taking clothes off can be the quickest attention-getter.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/mardigras1.html (857 words)

	Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide
		The Krewe of Barkus wags its way through the French Quarter with Harry Pawter and the Sorcerer’s Bone on Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 P.M., with its Pawty in Armstrong Park running from 10:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Costumes are highly recommended for both pets and people.
		On the far end of the Quarter at the Old Mint on Saturday, January 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. will be a beading workshop with Darryl Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas tribe of Mardi Gras Indians.
		This fabulous costume contest is definitely not a spectacle for the faint of heart or the young of age.
	www.mardigrasguide.com /events (768 words)

	About Mardi Gras Madness, Official Site of Mardi Gras 2007
		We are ready to assist you in bringing Mardi Gras to your world.
		Mardi Gras Day will be observed on February 28, with or without you (but hopefully with you!).
		This clever mascot of Mardi Gras and Carnival is definitely something worth owning as your own to officially greet your...
	www.mardigrasday.com /mardigras (395 words)

	French Quarter Bed and Breakfasts Inns, French Quarter Louisiana B&B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Romantic French Quarter New Orleans bed and breakfast inns for weekend getaways.
		A Quarter Esplanade, a graceful New Orleans mansion in the heart of the French Quarter, offers five suites; all include kitchenette, in-room breakfast...
		Elegant 1840's Greek Revival house located in the Historic Faubourg Marigny area only 6 blocks from the French Quarter and near many great restaurants...
	www.realadventures.com /bed-breakfasts-french-quarter-new-orleans.htm (275 words)

	Bars - Good bars to visit during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter
		Most are in or near the French Quarter.
		Located directly across from the entrance to Louis Armstrong Park on the northern boundary of the French Quarter, it draws a predominantly local crowd.
		Opened in the spring of 1998, the club is within walking distance of many hotels in the French Quarter.
	members.tripod.com /mardigrasman/bars.htm (1009 words)

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