Web Search results for mardi gras - 9,860,000
Get New Orleans
Mardi Gras news, with videos, photos & schedules of
Mardi Gras carnival parade. Post your pictures, comment on the news, and join the forum
...www.mardigras.com"
Mardi Gras" (French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday.
Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival, the three day period preceding the beginning
...en.wikipedia.orgMardi Gras Day will be observed on February 24, with or without you (but hopefully with you!). Make your plans now and avoid the rush, confirm your hotel
...www.mardigrasday.com
MardiGrasNewOrleans.com introduces you to the major participants of
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, provides updated parade information and parade routes,
...www.mardigrasneworleans.comCheck for available hotel rooms for
Mardi Gras in and around New Orleans!
... Click here to print a. SPECIAL COUPON for
Mardi Gras visitors!
...www.mardigrasneworleans.comThe basics on Carnival from
Mardi Gras expert Arthur Hardy.
... Don't know? Then brush up on your
Mardi Gras jargon with this quick list of Carnival terms.
...www.neworleansonline.com"
Mardi Gras" means "Fat Tuesday." Traditionally, it is the last day for Catholics to indulge—and often overindulge—before Ash Wednesday starts the sober
...www.infoplease.comThe original and most comprehensive
Mardi Gras! Galveston guide on the web.
www.mardigrasgalveston.com
Wikipedia
Mardi Gras
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Mardi gras)
For other uses, see Mardi Gras (disambiguation).
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)
Costumed musicians, French Quarter, New Orleans
Official name
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)
Also called
Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day dollar day
Type
Local, cultural, Christian
Significance
Celebration prior to fasting season of Lent.
Date
Day before Ash Wednesday
2007 date
February 20
2008 date
February 5
2009 date
February 24
Celebrations
Parades, parties
Related to
Carnival
"Mardi Gras" (French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival, the three day period preceding the beginning of Lent, the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday immediately before Ash Wednesday (some traditions count Carnival as the entire period of time between Epiphany or Twelfth Night and Ash Wednesday).[1] The entire three day period has now come to be known in many areas as Mardi Gras.[2] Perhaps the cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama and Sydney, Australia. Many other places have important Fat Tuesday celebrations as well. Carnival is an important celebration in most of Europe, except in the United Kingdom where pancakes are the tradition, and also in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Find more mardi gras info on Wikipedia
