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Traditionally known as Courir de Mardi Gras, festivities occur in towns throughout central Louisiana’s Cajun Country. Rooted in French medieval history and brought to Louisiana in the 19th century, Courir de Mardi Gras has many rituals that come together in a celebration on Fat Tuesday (Feb. 25, 2020). Tee Mamou courir de Mardi Gras in Iota will be held in Downtown Iota from 9 am to 5 pm; Crowley will host Carnival D’ Acadie on Mardi Gras day. We will have bands for everyone to come out and The Courir de Mardi Gras (Cajun 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". The Courir de Mardi Gras starts early in downtown Mamou. The Mardi Gras riders, in their masks and colorful fringed costumes, gather just after dawn at the American Legion Hall in the small Cajun town of Mamou. For some, the non-stop party and drinking began the night before and will continue all Tuesday in a horseback ride through the rural A cajun band plays for the Mardi Gras and the farm owners after a stop to sing, dance and chase a chicken during the Tee Mamou Women's Courir de Mardi Gras, Saturday, March 1, 2025. The Courir de Mardi Gras in Mamou is one of the biggest celebrations of its kind in Louisiana, after its revival in the 1960s. This traditional run allows only men who are fully costumed and masked. Many participants ride horses on this run, while others opt to get ferried by a trailer in the rear of the group. Three Cajun Mardi Gras Traditions Begging for Gumbo Ingredients. Traditionally known as Courir de Mardi Gras, festivities occur in towns throughout central Louisiana’s Cajun Country. Rooted in French medieval history and brought to Louisiana in the 19th century, Courir de Mardi Gras has many rituals that come together in a celebration on Fat Mamou’s celebration is Courir de Mardi Gras, which loosely translates to Mardi Gras Run. It begins in the wee hours of the morning when the event’s capitaine greets costumed men — and only men as tradition dictate — from across the community. Eunice Lil’ Mardi Gras. March 1 at 3 p.m. Eunice. Opelousas Imperial Mardi Gras Parade. March 4 at 11 a.m. Opelousas. Courir de Mardi Gras Parade & Chicken Run. March 4 at 3 p.m. Eunice. St. Mary Parish parades “Le Chanson de Mardi Gras” is a droning, solemn-sounding piece of music with both Cajun and Creole versions that is the unofficial anthem of the rural Mardi Gras. Many local courirs, trail rides, or gatherings in respective communities have a version of this song that shares the same themes and messages. T he courir de Mardi Gras (literally to “run” Mardi Gras) is a rural and lesser-known Cajun counterpart to urban celebrations of Fat Tuesday in such cities as New Orleans and Lafayette. For the courir , disguised revelers convene before dawn at a predetermined locale, typically a participant’s farmstead. With the courir, “La Danse de Mardi Gras” might have been lost had it not been for Tate and Reed’s activism, which revealed one community elder who remembered, upon reflection, the song they used to sing during the Mamou courir of days past. Get into the madness of Mardi Gras 2025 in Mamou and have a time of your life. Annual Faquetaique Courir de Mardi Gras 872 Highway 758, Eunice, LA 70535-7980 The Tee Mamou-Iota courir de Mardi Gras is one of few which has survived through the years without a break in continuity. This strong link with tradition and community conviction to its maintenance, combined with local innovation, make the Tee Mamou-Iota run a unique and fascinating event. In South Louisiana, the real Mardi Gras action takes place in the countryside. The courir de Mardi Gras celebrations in the countryside of South Louisiana give the popular phrase, “Throw Me Something Mister,” a whole new meaning. Dressed in colorful, homemade costumes with pointed hats and masks, participants in the courir, which means “run” in French, beg for things other than beads The annual Courir de Mardi Gras in Mamou, La., in February 2008. In the Cajun country tradition, revelers go house to house, collecting ingredients for gumbo from local families. Here, the host In Mamou, it’s called Courir de Mardi Gras which translate to “Fat Tuesday Run.” “It is a unique holiday that we celebrate. Anybody else in the world don’t have this Mardi Gras For years only men could participate in the courir de Mardi Gras, but a group of women in the rural Acadia Parish communities of Evangeline and Iota approached Fruge's father, Gerald Fruge, to 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". Rooted in French medieval history and brought to Louisiana in the 19th century, Courir de Mardi Gras has many rituals that come together in a celebration on Fat Tuesday, sometimes referred to as “the real Mardi Gras.” The main event in a Cajun Country Mardi Gras is the traditional courir or “run” led by the capitaine of the Mardi Gras.
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