Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts on Epiphany (holiday) or Twelfth Night (January 6). It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties.

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  • Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts on Epiphany (holiday) or Twelfth Night (January 6). It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties. It has traditionally been part of the winter social season; at one time "coming out" parties for young women at débutante balls were timed for this season. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French), the day before Ash Wednesday. Usually there is one major parade each day (weather permitting); many days have several large parades. The largest and most elaborate parades take place the last five days of the season. In the final week of Carnival, many events large and small occur throughout New Orleans and surrounding communities. The parades in New Orleans are organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common throws are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons (aluminum or wooden dollar-sized coins usually impressed with a krewe logo), decorated plastic throw cups, and small inexpensive toys. Major krewes follow the same parade schedule and route each year. While many tourists center their Mardi Gras season activities on Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, none of the major Mardi Gras parades has entered the Quarter since 1972 because of its narrow streets and overhead obstructions. Instead, major parades originate in the Uptown and Mid-City districts and follow a route along St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street, on the upriver side of the French Quarter. To New Orleanians, "Mardi Gras" refers to the whole Carnival season; visitors tend to refer to Fat Tuesday as "Mardi Gras". Some locals have thus started to refer to the last two days of Carnival as Lundi Gras (Fat Monday) and Fat Tuesday to avoid confusion.
  • Le carnaval de la Nouvelle-Orléans, aussi connu sous le nom de Mardi gras de la Nouvelle-Orléans est un carnaval qui a lieu chaque année à la Nouvelle-Orléans, en Louisiane. Le carnaval a lieu lors du Carême. Les défilés, les bals et les galette des Rois sont prévues à cette date.
  • Mardi Gras é uma festa carnavalesca que ocorre todo o ano em Nova Orleans, Estados Unidos, sendo um dos mais famosos Carnavais do mundo. Conhecido por suas máscaras de gesso, colares de continhas e paradas com bandinhas durante todo mês antes do Carnaval, na "terça-feira gorda" — que significa Mardi Gras em francês. O Mardi Gras começou em Louisiana, feito pelos colonizadores franceses. O primeiro Mardi Gras em registro é datado de 1699. As cores típicas do Mardi Gras são: o dourado, que significa poder; o verde, que significa fé; e o roxo, que significa justiça. Outros símbolos famosos do evento são as máscaras de drama, a flor de lis e os colares de continhas. A tradição de nudez do Carnaval de Nova Orleans foi primeiro documentada em 1889, com mulheres mostrando os seios. E hoje é famoso por isso, onde as mulheres, geralmente universitárias, mostram os seios e em troca ganham os colares de continhas.
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  • Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts on Epiphany (holiday) or Twelfth Night (January 6). It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties.
  • Le carnaval de la Nouvelle-Orléans, aussi connu sous le nom de Mardi gras de la Nouvelle-Orléans est un carnaval qui a lieu chaque année à la Nouvelle-Orléans, en Louisiane. Le carnaval a lieu lors du Carême. Les défilés, les bals et les galette des Rois sont prévues à cette date.
  • Mardi Gras é uma festa carnavalesca que ocorre todo o ano em Nova Orleans, Estados Unidos, sendo um dos mais famosos Carnavais do mundo. Conhecido por suas máscaras de gesso, colares de continhas e paradas com bandinhas durante todo mês antes do Carnaval, na "terça-feira gorda" — que significa Mardi Gras em francês. O Mardi Gras começou em Louisiana, feito pelos colonizadores franceses. O primeiro Mardi Gras em registro é datado de 1699.
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  • New Orleans Mardi Gras
  • Carnaval de la Nouvelle-Orléans
  • Carnaval de Nova Orleans
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