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The Courir de Mardi Gras (Louisiana French pronunciation: [kuɾiɾ d maɾdi ɡɾa] French pronunciation: ​[kuʁiʁ də maʁdi ɡʁa]) is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun and Creole communities of French Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Courir de Mardi Gras is Louisiana French for "Fat Tuesday Run". This rural Mardi Gras celebration is based on early begging rituals, similar to those still celebrated by mummers, wassailers, and celebrants of Halloween. As Mardi Gras is the celebration of the final day before Lent, celebrants drink and eat heavily, dressing in specialized costumes, ostensibly to protect their identities. In Acadiana, popular practices include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, drinking alcohol, begging, trail riding, feas

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  • Courir de Mardi Gras (en)
  • Courir de Mardi Gras (fr)
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  • Le Courir de Mardi Gras est un événement traditionnel de Mardi gras tenu dans de nombreuses communautés de Cadiens, en Louisiane. Cette célébration de la dernière journée avant le carême se déroule notamment en costumes. (fr)
  • The Courir de Mardi Gras (Louisiana French pronunciation: [kuɾiɾ d maɾdi ɡɾa] French pronunciation: ​[kuʁiʁ də maʁdi ɡʁa]) is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun and Creole communities of French Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Courir de Mardi Gras is Louisiana French for "Fat Tuesday Run". This rural Mardi Gras celebration is based on early begging rituals, similar to those still celebrated by mummers, wassailers, and celebrants of Halloween. As Mardi Gras is the celebration of the final day before Lent, celebrants drink and eat heavily, dressing in specialized costumes, ostensibly to protect their identities. In Acadiana, popular practices include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, drinking alcohol, begging, trail riding, feas (en)
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  • Courir de Mardi Gras (en)
  • (Mardi Gras Run) (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Courir_de_Mardi_Gras_Horse_rider_with_capuchon_Savoy,_La_2011.jpg
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winners_of_Children's_Courir_de_Mardi_Gras_in_Church_Point,_Louisiana_-_2017.jpg
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Medieval_peasant_meal.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/South_Cameron_Mardi_Gras_2015.jpg
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