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Some point to 1699 as year the first American Mardi Gras was held, when French explorers Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Sieur de Bienville landed about 60 miles south of present-day New Orleans Mobile's Mardi Gras may be small compared to New Orleans, but it does bring in a lot of revenue for the city. "The last major study conducted by the University of South Alabama's business school in 2012 and it was determined, in less than a month, carnival generated over $400 million from Mobile County," Blackwell said. New Orleans eventually became the kingpin of Mardi Gras, but it started as a thought from Alabama’s oldest city. In 1830, a group of men in Mobile started a New Year’s Day parade, the Cowbellions. The Argument for New Orleans. Those who believe New Orleans gets the crown say the first Mardi Gras took place on March 3, 1699, when French explorers Bienville and Iberville put down stakes on the west bank of the Mississippi River, about 60 miles downriver from the site of what would become the Crescent City. But Mobile’s Mardi Gras isn’t a lesser, smaller version of New Orleans’. It’s got its own unique traditions that are worth exploring. Personally, I’m looking forward to doing so this year. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The saying goes everywhere else it’s just Tuesday. But in some other parts of the U.S., there are Mardi Gras celebrations. The one in Mobile, Ala. can sometimes be 1. The Gulf South refers to the states in the Southern United States that border the Gulf of Mexico. In this article I will only consider the Mardi Gras celebrations in the cities of Mobile and New Orleans because they were the earliest examples of Mardi Gras celebrations in this region and it is due to their influence that the other major celebrations in other Gulf States, including Pensacola When New Orleans embraced Mardi Gras parading in 1856, floats and costumed were borrowed from Mobile that first year. That would seem to make it a clear case that Mobile started Mardi Gras, at Much of the Mobile Mardi Gras today borrows from New Orleans. The parades are similar and the flags wave with the New Orleans Carnival’s colors. New Orleans float builders have even built some of the Mobile parades. So, what can truly be said of the relationship between Mobile and New Orleans? Mobile was father of the early Carnival. Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, which takes place March 4, marks the party’s climax and the end of Carnival Season on the Gulf Coast. The conclusion falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is seen as a final day of feasting and revelry before the solemnity of Lent. New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, have been pitted against each other in the battle of the history of Mardi Gras. People in the two states -- including state officials and local leaders -- have For example, rather than krewes, Mobile has mystic societies that serve a similar purpose. “Yet they completely complement one another,” he adds. Mobile, Alabama. Unlike New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parades, which take place throughout the city’s many neighborhoods and its greater surrounds, “All of our stuff is downtown,” says Blackwell. Some claim the earliest Mardi Gras celebration was in Mobile, Alabama, not New Orleans, but it depends on a few technicalities—and who's answering the question. If you thought Mardi Gras—that annual celebration that marks the last day before the Christian season of Lent—began in New Orleans, you’re clearly not from Alabama. The tricky part is that Carnival parades were presented on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans before they were in Mobile, whose Mardi Gras-like parades, which featured themed floats followed by a tableaux When New Orleans embraced Mardi Gras parading in 1856, floats and costumed were borrowed from Mobile that first year. That would seem to make it a clear case that Mobile started Mardi Gras, at 1. The Gulf South refers to the states in the Southern United States that border the Gulf of Mexico. In this article I will only consider the Mardi Gras celebrations in the cities of Mobile and New Orleans because they were the earliest examples of Mardi Gras celebrations in this region and it is due to their influence that the other major celebrations in other Gulf States, including Pensacola Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. You see, Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, located While Mardi Gras is no doubt one giant party, its roots trace back to New Orleans’ French Catholic heritage. Blending Pagan and Christian customs, Mardi Gras symbolizes indulgence before the Think New Orleans started Mardi Gras? You might be surprised to learn where this famous celebration really began! #mardigrashistory #mobilealabama #neworlean The great rivalry between Mobile, AL and New Orleans, LA over where did Mardi Gras begin is an ongoing debate with good arguments on both sides. Frequently
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