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New Orleans takes Mardi Gras seriously, with traditions including king cake and parades beginning in January and lasting for weeks until the actual holiday itself. New Orleans Social Clubs or Gentlemen's Clubs play a very large part in the Mardi Gras celebration. The oldest is The Boston Club (third oldest in the United States), founded in 1841 as a place for its members to congregate and partake in the fashionable card game of Boston , Rex Royalty is chosen from among its ranks. New Orleans is cranking up the volume for Mardi Gras 2025, and there’s excitement in the air for what is often hailed as the greatest free show on earth. This iconic festival, culminating on Tuesday, March 4, is deeply rooted in Christian and Roman Catholic traditions but has evolved into a secular celebration. Wild celebrations of Mardi Gras come just before the start of Lent. Lent is the Christian observance leading up to the Easter holiday. Mardi Gras in New Orleans. During Mardi Gras, huge crowds Mardi Gras revelers greet a float from the Zulu parade at the corner of St. Charles and Canal Streets in New Orleans, La., on Mardi Gras day Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997. (AP Photo/Andrew J. Cohoon) Share “Mardi Gras is certainly wild,” I thought. As they say here, “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” (“Let the good times roll!”) Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday) is the city’s biggest event of the year. While Mardi Gras officially occurs on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, there are tons of parades and celebrations leading up to the big event. Professor Longhair | "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" You can't have a list like this without first giving props to the professor. The raucous intro wakes up the neighborhood. Fess lays out what Carnival is all about, including an insider's tip on what intersection to visit. New Suit - the Wild Magnolias - The Wild Magnolias: 9: Big Chief, Part 1 - Professor Longhair - Professor Longhair: 10 (Big Chief Like Plenty of) Fire Water - the Wild Magnolias - The Wild Magnolias: 11: Handa Wanda, Part 2 - Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias Maddi Gras Indian Band - Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolias Maddi Gras Indian Band: 12 This is a cultural site dedicated to educating the public and preserving the tradition of The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans, Louisiana. All images and likenesses of Big Chief Andrew Justin and The Wild Treme are our sole property of the tribe. We share in hopes of keeping this celebrated tradition alive. Cook, 54, who has just published his first cookbook, Modern Creole: A Taste of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine, rode on a float for the first time in his life at the 2024 Mardi Gras parade. “There’s nothing like being on a Mardi Gras float riding through the center of New Orleans at night with hundreds of thousands of people cheering you It's more than 200 days until Mardi Gras 2024 but New Orleans is still wild! Until there will be humans reaching for beads again, there will be alligators grabbing for marshmallows (or a bit of chicken) right before your eyes on a Louisiana swamp tour. The Mardi Gras that locals grew up with, enjoyed and love is occurring in every other part of New Orleans and the surrounding suburbs - not in the French Quarter. The large, traditional Mardi Gras krewes who bring you the "Greatest Free Show on Earth" do not even parade through the Quarter because there is a size restriction on floats in that area. NEW ORLEANS — Carnival season 2025 is approaching its climax in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast, with big parades rolling down the main routes as some revelers get fancied up for formal It's more than 200 days until Mardi Gras 2024 but New Orleans is still wild! Until there will be humans reaching for beads again, there will be alligators grabbing for marshmallows (or a bit of chicken) right before your eyes on a Louisiana swamp tour.
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