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      • Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a one to a three-month stretch of the year in which the streets come alive with music, art, and costumed revelers. Beginning on Twelfth Night, January 6, the best season of the year is upon us: king cake, bead-tossing, and parading begins and only increases as we make our way toward Mardi Gras Day.
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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mardi_Gras_in_New_OrleansMardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

    Early history. The first record of Mardi Gras being celebrated in Louisiana was at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1699. Iberville, Bienville, and their men celebrated it as part of an observance of Catholic practice.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mardi_GrasMardi Gras - Wikipedia

    Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1937. Mardi Gras, as a celebration of life before the more-somber occasion of Ash Wednesday, nearly always involves the use of masks and costumes by its participants, and the most popular celebratory colors are purple, green, and gold.

  6. www.history.com › topics › holidaysMardi Gras ‑ Meaning, Origin & Traditions - HISTORY

    Jan 25, 2010 · The first American Mardi Gras took place on March 3, 1699, when French explorers Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Sieur de Bienville landed near present-day New Orleans, Louisiana. They held...

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  8. www.mardigrasneworleans.com › historyMardi Gras History | Mardi Gras New Orleans

    By the 1730s, Mardi Gras was celebrated openly in New Orleans, but not with the parades we know today. In the early 1740s, Louisiana's governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, established elegant society balls, which became the model for the New Orleans Mardi Gras balls of today.

  9. www.neworleans.com › the-ultimate-mardi-gras-guideThe Ultimate Mardi Gras Guide | New Orleans

    A unique and historic subculture of New Orleans, Mardi Gras Indians and their traditions date back to the 1800s when Native Americans helped shield runaway slaves. Mardis Gras Indian culture is influenced by both ancestral enslaved Africans and the friendship forged with Native Americans.

  10. www.nationalgeographic.com › culture › articleTop 10 things to know about Mardi Gras - National Geographic

    Feb 5, 2024 · February 5, 2024. From Rome to New Orleans, Mardi Gras is the ultimate carnival. In fact, it’s the last day of what is known as Carnival season. This period of revelry begins on Epiphany on...

  11. www.neworleans.com › events › holidays-seasonalMardi Gras Past & Present | New Orleans

    Mardi Gras has been celebrated in New Orleans since the explorer Iberville first set foot here on Mardi Gras Day 1699. In French colonial days, wealthy members of Creole society threw lavish Mardi Gras balls from Twelfth Night (Jan. 6) to Fat Tuesday Eve.

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