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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.html (1326 words)

	Mardi Gras
		Mardi Gras finds its origins in the Roman tradition of Carnival, which is Latin for "kiss your flesh goodbye." It is the long season between Christmas and Lent in which the Romans indulged in food and drink more than normal in preparation for the fasting which would come with the advent of Lent.
		Mardi Gras itself (also know as Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday, the last day to overindulge before the self sacrifices of Lent.
		Worldwide, Mardi Gras is known as a time to cut loose from the daily grind and partake in a "no-holds barred" celebration in the spirit of utter abandonment.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /~jmeaux/mardi_gras.html (638 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.infoplease.com /spot/mardigras1.html (878 words)

	Annie's Mardi Gras Page
		Mardi Gras is a legal holiday in Alabama and Florida and in eight parishes (counties) of Louisiana.
		The term Mardi Gras has also come to be associated more generally with a prolonged festival celebrated in the pre-Lenten season.
		Mardi Gras is a celebration of life's excesses before the austerity of the season of Lent.
	www.annieshomepage.com /mardigras.html (1682 words)

	Mardi Gras
		This "Mardi Gras season" officially begins on Twelfth Night (Jan. 6), when the krewe called the Phunny Phorty Phellows "hijacks" a streetcar and takes a drunken, bead-throwing, King Cake-eating ride down St. Charles Avenue and into the downtown area.
		The early Mardi Gras consisted of citizens wearing masks on foot, in carriages, and on horseback.
		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)

	Mardi Gras in New Orleans
		Today, there are hundreds of Mardi Gras clubs (called Krewes) that host grand balls and several dozen krewes that conduct elaborate, colorful, and at times outrageous, parades through the streets of the city.
		Because the whole motive of Mardi Gras is to enjoy life's excesses before the beginning of the Lenten season, food is a major part of the celebration.
		One Mardi Gras delicacy is the King Cake, a rich pastry that is decorated with a sugary icing in the Mardi Gras Colors of purple, green, and gold.
	www.neworleanstophotels.com /mardigras.html (1517 words)

	Arthur Hardy's History of Mardi Gras
		In the early 19th Century, the public celebration of Mardi Gras consisted mainly of maskers on foot, in carriages and on horseback.
		Perhaps the greatest change in Mardi Gras in the 1980s was the tremendous increase in tourism during the Carnival season.
		Mardi Gras also became a year-round industry as more off-season conventions experienced the joys of Carnival when they were treated to mini-parades and repeat balls held in the city's convention facilities year-round.
	www.neworleansonline.com /neworleans/mardigras/mghistory.html (1533 words)

	Mardi Gras Indians of Mardi Gras, New Orleans -- their parade, history, posters
		Mardi Gras is full of secrets and the Mardi Gras Indians are as much a part of that secret society as any other carnival organization.
		The police were often unable to intervene due to the general confusion surrounding Mardi Gras events in the city...where the streets were crowded and everyone was masked.
		It is now Mardi Gras tradition and practice for the Indians to simply compare their tribal song, dance and dress with other tribes as they meet that day.
	www.mardigrasindians.com (885 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
		The Mardi Gras parades consist of floats holding the krewe members, who throw doubloons, beads and other items to the people lining the streets.
		While Mardi Gras is the largest carnival celebration, over 100 other festivals are held in the state each year to commemorate crops such as sugar cane and sweet potatoes, seafood and forestry.
		Mardi Gras Day (which is always Fat Tuesday), is the last day of the carnival season.
	members.aol.com /bayoubabbe/mardigras.html (1198 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Hurricane Katrina Stokes Mardi Gras Satire
		(AP) NEW ORLEANS Mardi Gras has long been an occasion for the city to laugh at tragedy and aim barbs at authorities, and given all the pain New Orleans has suffered in the past year the irreverence should reach new heights this season.
		Armed with sharp tongues and images such as the blue tarps that still protect broken roofs across the city, the clubs that stage Mardi Gras parades are targeting Hurricane Katrina and the politicians they blame for the chaotic response to the catastrophe.
		Mardi Gras parades typically run on weekends leading up to and on Mardi Gras, which falls on Feb. 28 this year, almost exactly six months after the Aug. 29 storm.
	www.cbs2chicago.com /national/topstories_story_042162952.html (750 words)

	Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans! Mardi Gras krewes, live events, live cams, Mardi Gras beads, parade schedule, tips ...
		Mardi Gras krewes, live events, live cams, Mardi Gras beads, parade schedule, tips from locals.
		Check out the best providers of Mardi Gras beads, masks, supplies, and king cakes -- these Mardi Gras businesses have serviced the parade krewes and New Orleans locals for years with all of their Mardi Gras needs.
		View rebroadcasts from Mardi Gras LIVE, enjoy our photo gallery and video of celebrity and man-on-the- street interviews throughout the years.
	www.mardigrasneworleans.com (484 words)

	Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide
		According to unofficial line-up sheets obtained by the Mardi Gras Guide, the 30 parades in Orleans Parish this year included 649 floats (2- and 3-float tandems count as one) and a total of 1,635 parade units (bands, dance teams, etc.) There were 116 trucks, double last year’s number.
		The overriding theme of Mardi Gras this year was that of families gathering along the parade routes.
		Mardi Gras people depended upon themselves to rebuild.” When you think about it, the entire Mardi Gras community has much to be proud of for the way Carnival 2007 turned out.
	www.mardigrasguide.com (2426 words)

	Mardi Gras in Rural Acadiana
		Mardi Gras in rural Southwestern Louisiana draws on traditions that are centuries old.
		The human impulse that underlies Mardi Gras has not diminished today, even if some of the traditions lapsed for decades and even if one factor in their revival by subsequent generations was a desire to enhance tourism.
		Anyone who has seen the procession of Mardi Gras riders brightly costumed in myriad colors advancing across the drab late-winter countryside is also likely to be swept up in the timeless moment: in rural Acadiana, Mardi Gras lives as much today as it did in centuries past.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/mardmain.htm (1084 words)

	Mardi Gras
		Long before Mardi Gras arrived in Louisiana, it was celebrated in many European Christian countries.
		In 1804, the first Mardi Gras crisis under American rule was over whether to play French music or English music.
		Rex and the King of Carnival are one and the same and he reigns over all of Mardi Gras.
	www.miniature.net /smallstuff/mardigras1.htm (813 words)

	Mardi Gras Masks, Mardi Gras Party Supplies and Halloween Masks at Masks and Make-Believe Online Shop
		Be sure to order your Mardi Gras T-Shirts (we have adult and children Andrea Mistretta 2007 t-shirts in stock) and your Mardi Gras 2007 Posters.
		We specialize in Mardi Gras masks and feather masks, masks for carnival balls, New Years Eve and proms, masks from Venice, Italy, and Halloween and novelty masks.
		We specialize in Mardi Gras masks, masks for carnival balls, New Years Eve and proms, masks from Venice, Italy, and Halloween and novelty masks.
	www.masksandmakebelieve.com (293 words)

	Lake Wales Mardi Gras >>>>>>> "A Festival for Florida"
		The term “Mardi Gras” means “Fat Tuesday” and refers to the day before Ash Wednesday — the first of the forty days of lent preceding Easter.
		Because Mardi Gras is celebrated in various cultures around the world costumes and music vary according to location.
		“Mardi Gras is s spirit.an immortal one.as immortal as man’s ability to make believe, to escape the dreariness of everyday life that is most of men’s portion, to have fun, laugh, and to playMardi Gras is very old, but it is also very young.
	www.lwmardigras.com /bins/site/templates/splash.asp (519 words)

	Mardi Gras FAQ's
		The word Mardi Gras (pronounced Mar-dee Grah) and the celebration are French in origin, from the middle ages.
		Mardi Gras has evolved differently in both cities, and these differences are reflected in the organizations that make up Mardi Gras, in the two metro areas.
		Mardi Gras Digest is devoted to the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Mobile and the entire Gulf Coast.
	www.mardigrasdigest.com /html/Mardi_Gras_FAQ.htm (3437 words)

	Mardi Gras On the Coast
		Mardi Gras 2006 is on February 28, 2006.
		Mardi Gras is no longer limited to the New Orleans and Gulf Coast States that previously held a monopoly on it.
		Personal Note: If you don't live close enough to the French and Cajun country where Mardi Gras is celebrated to buy a King Cake, and you don't want to make one, and you would like to try one, you might like to order from one of these places.
	home.att.net /~magnoliaholidays/mardigrasnew.html (1468 words)

	Mardi Gras Central: Countdown to Mardi Gras 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana
		Countdown to Mardi Gras 2008 in New Orleans
		Mardi Gras will go on in New Orleans in 2006, but there will be fewer parades than usual.
		Mardi Gras Pandemonium: Category 5 Entertainment and Hustler Magazine present the official Hustler Mardi Gras Party - Mardi Gras Pandemonium - at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans on Sunday, February 22; look for whipped cream bikini contests, chocolate syrup mud wrestling, wet t-shirt contests, and music by Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz.
	www.satchmo.com /nolavl/mardigras.html (1976 words)

	Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau > About Mobile > Mardi Gras
		Mobile is not only recognized as celebrating the first-known American Mardi Gras celebration in 1703 (yes, even before New Orleans), but also as home to the "America's Family Mardi Gras" delighting both young and old from around town and across the nation.
		The floats are glowing spectacles manned by masked riders festooned in satin and sequins, and armed with crowd-pleasing "throws" such as beads, moon pies, doubloons and candy.
		Mardi Gras must be experienced to be fully understood and Mobile is the perfect place.
	www.mobile.org /ab_mardigras.php (160 words)

	AboutMardiGras.com :: Mardi Gras Information
		Benny Naghi (CEO of Mardi Gras Zone) reports that they're ready for Mardi Gras 2006 after an huge clean up effort in the wake of the hurricanes.
		Mardi Gras was then set to be 47 days before Easter, on any Tuesday from February 3rd to March 9th.
		Throughout the history of the Mardi Gras, over 150 years of parties and parades, it has been cancelled only 6 times, including a period of 13 years where Mardi Gras was completely cancelled.
	aboutmardigras.com (977 words)

	Mardi Gras Schedules
		In 2007, Mardi Gras are scheduled to be at D.I.'s Feb. 13 (children), 15, 16, 17, 19, 20.
		The announced time for the run is 8 a.m.-5 p.m., but you may want to be their earlier in case the Mardi Gras arrive in Mamou ahead of the announced time.
		Mardi Gras in Acadiana will roll along as always, but events of the past year certainly reinforce the real significance of Mardi Gras: let's enjoy the pleasures of life but remember that they do not last.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/schedule.htm (1876 words)

	Toomey’s Mardi Gras Beads, Supplies, Masks, and Decorations
		Whether you're loading up on Mardi Gras beads to ride in a Mardi Gras parade or simply stocking up for a party, we've got what you are looking for: Mardi Gras Beads, Sport Beads, Seasonal Beads, Casino Beads and many more.
		Toomey's designers can create Custom Design Mardi Gras beads or Party beads that are perfect for your organization.
		From party decorations to Mardi Gras apparel we carry what you need to make your next big bash – THE NEXT BIG BASH.
	www.toomeys-mardigras.com (171 words)

	About Mardi Gras Madness, Official Site of Mardi Gras 2008
		Mardi Gras Day will be observed on February 5, with or without you (but hopefully with you!).
		We are ready to assist you in bringing Mardi Gras to your world.
		This clever mascot of Mardi Gras and Carnival is definitely something worth owning as your own to officially greet your...
	www.mardigrasday.com (376 words)

	Mardi Gras!
		Tell children about the special carnival that is celebrated each year in New Orleans called Mardi Gras, which means "Fat Tuesday." (Mardi Gras season begins January 6th and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.) People wear costumes and beads and celebrate with a big parade, special parties, and even a ball.
		Explain to children that Mardi Gras masks are very fancy.
		It is a tradition to wear colorful beads during Mardi Gras.
	teacher.scholastic.com /lessonrepro/lessonplans/ect/mardi.htm (499 words)

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