Tuesday, February 17, 2015

It's FAT TUESDAY!!!!!! Happy Mari Gras!!!!

Happy Fat Tuesday! pic.twitter.com/TqEswO2nm6

40 great photos of Carnival around the world. Didn't see St. Louis in them.



What is Mardi Gras? Well, lets just ask Wikipedia shall we?

WIKIPEDIA:

Mardi Gras

King Cake ....might have to try my baking skills

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the carnival. For other uses, see Mardi Gras (disambiguation).
Mardi Gras, Carnival
Celebrations in New Orleans, USA
Also called Fat Tuesday
Type Cultural
Significance Celebration prior to fasting season of Lent
Celebrations Parades, parties
Date Day before Ash Wednesday, 47 days before Easter
2015 date February 17
2016 date February 9
2017 date February 28
Frequency Annual
Related toShrove Tuesday; Carnival, Shrove Monday, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Užgavėnės, Maslenitsa, Valentine's Day

mardi Gras Parade   

Float riders toss as parade goers catch trinkets flying from the floats. The Krewe of Carrollton kicked off the Sunday's (Feb. 8 )Mardi Gras parades with a noon start. Twenty-five floats rolled with the theme "A Night at the Opera." The parade featured two tandem floats and throws, such as include fedoras and snap bracelets. (Photo by Julia Kumari Drapkin, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

Mardi Gras (/ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/), also Fat Tuesday[1][2][3][4][5] in English, refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or King's Day and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.
Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. The date of Fat Tuesday coincides with that of celebrations of Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning "confess".[6]

 The Krewe of Thoth deployed 40 floats for Mardi Gras 2015,  the largest of three daytime krewes that took to Uptown streets on Sunday (Feb. 15).The theme of the 2015 procession was "Thoth Says, Express Yourself." The krewe's 1,600 riders took that theme to heart, expressing themselves by showering parade crowds with tons of custom throws, including doubloons, beads, towels, poker chips and fedoras.(Photo by Julia Kumari Drapkin, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

The krewe of King Arthur rolled down Magazine Street Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. Twenty-seven floats carried the theme, "It's in the Mail."  (Photo by Julia Kumari Drapkin, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) 

Krewe de Vieux new orleans parade | Members of the Pussyfooters Marching Club parade along with the Krewe ... 
 
Pontchartrain Parade (February 22, 2014) © Marianne Michallet


Traditions

Popular practices on Mardi Gras include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, debauchery, etc. Similar expressions to Mardi Gras appear in other European languages sharing the Christian tradition, as it is associated with the religious requirement for confession before Lent begins. 
 Mardi Gras revelers in the Krewe of Saint Anne  won't let anything rain on their parade from the Marigny through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day, March 4, 2014. (Photo by Julia Kumari Drapkin, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

Carnival float, New Orleans http://www.neworleans.com/new-orleans-hotels/new-orleans-parade-route-hotels/

  New Orleans during Mardi Gras

In many areas, the term "Mardi Gras" has come to mean the whole period of activity related to the celebratory events, beyond just the single day. In some American cities, it is now called "Mardi Gras Day".[1][2][3][4][5] It also has become a single people's counter to the coupled-centric Valentine's Day.[5]
Mardi GRAS parade 

Nicole

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