New Orleans Mardi Gras Feasting, Music and Fun
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana is filled with lots of free fun. The parades are still rolling in the Big Easy, as well as on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain. New Orleans Mardi Gras is steeped in tradition with its King Cakes, Krewes, Grand Balls, Parades, Throws (Doubloons, beads and other trinkets) and fabulous Music. This lens celebrates Mardi Gras and all of its revelry and fun. Come join us to see the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras in the south.
New Orleans Mardi Gras Contents
- Mardi Gras, the Biggest Free Show in the World.
- Carnival Time by Al Johnson Vid
- What is Mardi Gras?
- Future Mardi Gras Dates
- Mardi Gras Jester Costume
- New Orleans Mardi Gras Duel
- Romanesque Ride
- A Little History
- Hail, King Rex
- Mardi Gras Mambo and the Mardi Gras Museum
- Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras
- Customs and Tradition of the Celebration
- Mardi Gras Flag
- Mardi Gras from Amazon
- Victorian Mardi Gras Ball Invitations
- Mardi Gras According to Wiki
- Mardi Gras on Etsy
- Costume Ideas
- Robin Hood Costume
- Maid Marion Costume
- Cat in the Hat Costume
- Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Mardi Gras, Music and New Orleans, You Can't Get Any Better Than That!
- Go to the Mardi Gras by Professor Longhair
- Mardi Gras Music
- More New Orleans Mardi Gras Music
- Electric Slide vid
- Mardi Gras Indians Documentary Video
- Ultimate Mardi Gras
- Mardi Gras Music on Amazon
- Mardi Gras on the Northshore
- Mardi Gras Music Amazon MP3's
- Mardi Gras on eBay
- Mardi Gras Masks on CafePress
- Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans with Orbitz!
- Our Other Louisiana Lenses
- Other Mardi Gras Lenses
- Throw Us Something, Mister!
- About Naturegirl7
- New Orleans Mardi Gras Links
Mardi Gras, the Biggest Free Show in the World.
Carnival Time by Al Johnson Vid
(Mardi Gras is February 16, 2010)
What is Mardi Gras?
Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday is a Roman Catholic celebration which begins on January 6th (Twelfth Night) and continues until midnight of Mardi Gras Day. It is a period of revelry before the Christian time of fasting and prayer called, Lent. The date of Mardi Gras depends on when Easter is, but it is always on a Tuesday and falls between February 3rd and March 9th, 46 days before Easter.
At midnight on Fat Tuesday, all the revelers are moved out of the French Quarter and the solemn Ash Wednesday begins. Catholics all over the world go to mass to receive their "ashes" in the sign of a cross on their foreheads. The ashes are the burned, blessed palms from Palm Sunday.
Future Mardi Gras Dates
February 16, 2010
March 8, 2011
February 21, 2012
February 12, 2013
March 4, 2014
February 17, 2015
February 9, 2016
February 28, 2017
February 13, 2018
March 5, 2019
February 25, 2020
February 16, 2021
Butterfly Fairy Costume - $ 39.99
Costume includes purple dress, detachable sleeves, and wings.
Mardi Gras Jester Costume
Mardi Gras Jester Costume - $ 99.99The fun loving Jester is one of popular characters of Mardi Gras which dates back to the early carnival celebrations.
New Orleans Mardi Gras Duel
What do you think of Mardi Gras in New Orleans?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byIt's great fun - love the parades and the people.
TheGreenerMe says:
I love New Orleans, it's a really distinct city in the U.S. unlike any other.
Posted January 04, 2009
bob robins says:
Love the music, parades & friendly attitude of New Orleanians
Posted January 01, 2009
That heathen festival in the Big Easy - balderdash!
Romanesque Ride
Romanesque Ride at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans Photograph - Beautiful 16"x20" Photographic Print by Carol M. Highsmith
Amazon Price: $39.95 (as of 12/23/2009)
A Little History
French colonists introduced Mardi Gras to the new world in 1766. The custom became popular among New Orleans Catholics and soon spread to other southern states. Today it is a legal holiday in many southern states, including Louisiana. The Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans is the most popular, but Mobile, Alabama claims to be the first to parade in the United States.
The New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration includes parties, parades, balls, and many other festivities. Social clubs called, Krewes, pay for and organize the parades and other activities. The most famous Krewes include: Comus, the oldest, which was founded in 1857, but no longer parades and Rex, the king of Carnival, which was founded in 1872. Rex selected the official colors of Mardi Gras (purple, gold and green) in 1872. Then in 1892, Rex assisgned a meaning to each. Purple represents justice, green stands for faith and gold signifies power.
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love Costume - $ 64.99
Costume includes a gold toga style dress and headpiece.
Hail, King Rex
Click to Buy Rex King of Mardi Gras 1983 by lalagniappe
The Rex ball, which is held on Mardi Gras night, is a grand affair that dates back to the early days of the festival. The invitations are prized possessions to many New Orleanians and the vintage ones from the Victorian era are true works of art.
Mardi Gras Mambo and the Mardi Gras Museum
Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras
Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras
Amazon Price: $11.96 (as of 12/23/2009)
Customs and Tradition of the Celebration
Mardi Gras is steeped with traditions and customs. Some of these include: the King Cake, Throws (like Doubloons and Beads), Krewes, Balls, Costumes and Masking, Parades and Floats and special Music. Mardi Gras is a time of celebration and fun for Catholics and others before the serious and solemn Lenten season begins. Some of the night life in the French Quarter can get a little bawdy, but most of the parades and other celebrations are meant for the entire family to enjoy.
Adult Knight Costume - $ 94.95
This knight costume includes the knight costume tunic, the crown (made of cardboard) and the cape.
Mardi Gras Flag
New Orleans "Mardis Gras" Flag - 3 foot by 5 foot Polyester (NEW)
Amazon Price: $7.85 (as of 12/23/2009)
Every serious Mardi Gras participant needs to show their colors and what better way than with this purple, gold and green flag with the crown.
Mardi Gras from Amazon
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Mimi's First Mardi Gras by Alice Couvillon, Elizabeth Moore
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Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras by James Rice
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Mardi Gras Fedora Costume Accessory
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Mardi Gras: A Pictorial History of Carnival in New Orleans by Leonard V. Huber
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Classic Mardi Gras Parade & Float Films DVD: Historic 1941 New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade, Decorations, Floats, Celebration & Party Video Footage & Pictures
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Masking and Madness: Mardi Gras in New Orleans by Kerri McCaffety, Cynthia Reece McCaffety
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Victorian Mardi Gras Ball Invitations
Mardi Gras According to Wiki
The terms "Mardi Gras" (mär`d? grä) and "Mardi Gras season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, ending on the day before Ash Wednesday. From the French term "Mardi Gras" (literally "Fat Tuesday"), has come to mean the whole period of activity related to those events, beyond just the single day, often called Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday.
In Australia, Mardi Gras season:...
Mardi Gras on Etsy
Part of enjoying Mardi Gras is dressing up. In Louisiana we wear decorative pins, necklaces and earrings all through the Mardi Gras season. These designs were inspired by the century old Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans.
Costume Ideas
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Creative Costumes for Couples and Groups
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The people of South Louisiana love to celebrate and have fun. To us, masking is an art form, so every Halloween and of course on Mardi Gras, too, adults and children alike take to the streets and go to parties dressed in some very imaginative costume...
Robin Hood Costume
Adult Deluxe Sherwood Robin Hood Costume
Price: 48.41
Halloween Costumes for Men - This Delxue Sherwood Robin Hood Costume includes the shirt, hat, belt and the boot covers. Great couples costume with your lady dressed as Maid Marian!
Maid Marion Costume
Super Deluxe Maid Marian Costume - $ 94.95Halloween Costumes for Women - This Adult Maid Marian Costume from The Designer Collection features the headpiece with jewel, top with back lace-up, sleeves, skirt and the corded belt. Great couples costume with your man dressed as Robin Hood!
Cat in the Hat Costume
Adult Mascot Cat in Hat Costume - $ 129.99Adult Mascot Cat in Hat Costume - Authentic Cat in the Hat Costumes - This high quality mascot Cat in the Hat Costume features the jumpsuit with bow-tie and tail, mask with hat and hands.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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Mardi Gras, Music and New Orleans, You Can't Get Any Better Than That!
Go to the Mardi Gras by Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras Music
The Best
Carnival Time by Al Johnson (1960) - Recorded by a local New Orleans artist is, in our opinion, the all time Mardi Gras Classic Tune.Mardi Gras Mambo by The Hawketts (1954) - Art Neville and other Booker T. Washington classmates recorded it at Cosimo's Recording Studio in the French Quarter in 1954. It was arranged by local radio DJ, "Jack the Cat".
Go to the Mardi Gras by Professor Longhair (1959), with Dr. John on the guitar and Earl King whistling, gets more plaing time than any other song during Carnival Season.
Street Parade by Earl King, another famous New Orleans musician was recorded in 1972.
Second Line by Stop, Inc. was first recorded by the Skyliners in 1962, but the master was lost. It was recreated by Stop, Inc in 1974.
New Suit by the Wild Magnolias (1970) was recorded in Jazz City, Camp Street, New Orleans. The "New Suit" is the elaborate costume that each member of the various tribes of Mardi Gras Indians designs and constructs each year, to be worn on Mardi Gras Day. See this post from Home of the Groove for the history of the African American Mardi Gras Indians.
Buy Mardi Gras Indians by EdNewman
Songs Which Have a Similar Beat to Mardi Gras Music
Don't You Just Know It by Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns. This song which features a great New Orleans pianist, with Bobby Marchan as lead vocalist was recorded in 1958.Oh Poo Pa Doo by Jessie Hill was recorded by this local artist in 1958.
Iki, Iko was first recorded by the New Orleans group, Sugarboy and the Cane Cutters in 1953. Then by the Dixie Cups in 1963. The 1972 version by Dr. John Follows Sugarboy's original format.
Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffin, a Baton Rouge artist, was adopted by the Krewe of Bamboozer's (of the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade)as their favorite dance.
Hey Pocky A-Way by The Meters (L. Nocentelli/A. Neville/J. Modeliste/G. Porter, Jr.) from Rejuvenation, Reprise, 1974
Electric Slide vid
Mardi Gras Indians Documentary Video
Ultimate Mardi Gras
Ultimate Mardi Gras
Amazon Price: $17.98 (as of 12/23/2009)
Mardi Gras Music on Amazon
Cajun Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras on the Northshore
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Mardi Gras on the NorthShore
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If you enjoy Mardi Gras, but don't want to brave the hustle and bustle of New Orleans, then Carnival on the North Shore is the place for you and your family. There are plenty of parades, masking and throws and the pace is much slower and more family...
Mardi Gras Music Amazon MP3's
Mardi Gras on eBay
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Bags for all of your loot are Mardi Gras essentials. They can also be used to carry drinks and snacks for the parade.
Buy Mardi Gras Beads Bag by naturegirl7
Mardi Gras Masks on CafePress
Happy Mardi Gras Mask Tote Bag
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with this design featuring a Mardi Gras Indian style mask in purple, green and gold.
Price: 14.99
Happy Mardi Gras Mask Value T-shirt
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with this design featuring a Mardi Gras Indian style mask in purple, green and gold.
Price: 11.99
Happy Mardi Gras Mask 2.25" Button
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with this design featuring a Mardi Gras Indian style mask in purple, green and gold.
Price: 3.49
Dark T-Shirt
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with this design featuring a Mardi Gras Indian style mask in purple, green and gold.
Price: 20.99
Happy Mardi Gras Mask Large Mug
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with this design featuring a Mardi Gras Indian style mask in purple, green and gold.
Price: 13.99
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Mardi Gras Music
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Music and Mardi Gras go hand in hand. This lens lists the top Mardi Gras songs of all time. Check them out, download them, burn them to a CD, load them on your iPod, then throw a Mardi Gras party! Laissez bon temps roule!
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Mardi Gras Party Costumes and Masks
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Are you going to the Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras ..the Three Day party, specifically the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday immediately before Ash Wednesday The next Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras falls on February 16 2010 Why wait until February? Have a Mardi Gras Part...
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Mask-Making Made Easy
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I love masks! I have made and collected masks for the last twenty-five years. Here I share some of my how-tos for mask-making with pictures and crafting tips. Plus other mask-related goods and goodies! The mask shown here was...
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Make Your Own Costumes, Masks and Face Paint
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It's easy and inexpensive to make your own costumes and home made face paint makeup. Make Halloween and dress up costumes for kids or costumes for adults using materials you probably have on hand in your cupboards and closets, or even stuff from...
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The Original Mardi Gras: Mobile, AL
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Most people associate Mardi Gras in the US with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is true that New Orleans hosts the largest and most popular Mardi Gras, but they were not the first to celebrate the Carnival season. That honor goes to their smal...
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- I was in New Orleans in 1960's - and have wanted to return for Mardi Gras! Will put this on my Bucket List! Beautiful pics!
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New Orleans Mardi Gras Links
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