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Mardi Gras in New Orleans
URL: http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/mardigras/

Description:
Material about the celebration of Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, which "officially starts at Twelfth Night, which occurs 12 days after Christmas on January 6th" and runs through the Tuesday before Lent. Includes a parade schedule, a list of Mardi Gras events, background about Mardi Gras krewes, details about history and traditions, a glossary, and related travel and tourism information. From the official tourism site of the city of New Orleans.

LII Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Mardi Gras and Carnival, New Orleans (La.), U.S. History By Place

Publisher:
NewOrleansOnline.com

Extra Keywords
fat tuesday

LII Database Information:
Record 25302 created by Maria Brandt on 01/22/2008
Last modification on 01/31/2008
Published: 01/31/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25302

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