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Mardi Gras starts in earnest on Saturday with the observation of 12th Night...
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:08 am
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:08 am
Though Mardi Gras usually refers to Fat Tuesday, the Mardi Gras season actually begins on the Epiphany.
The Epiphany is a Christian Holiday celebrated on January 6th that is also known as Three Kings Day or the Twelfth Day of Christmas.
Most folks here in Louisiana observe this Holiday as the time to finally take down your Christmas Tree and to begin ordering King Cakes. In NOLA, the Phorty Phunny Phellows started unofficially inaugurating the season by parading down St. Charles-in a trolley-with a Brass Band. But now there are several groups that take advantage of Mardi Gras' start to celebrate the beginning of Carnival 2018.
Happy Mardi Gras!
The Epiphany is a Christian Holiday celebrated on January 6th that is also known as Three Kings Day or the Twelfth Day of Christmas.
Most folks here in Louisiana observe this Holiday as the time to finally take down your Christmas Tree and to begin ordering King Cakes. In NOLA, the Phorty Phunny Phellows started unofficially inaugurating the season by parading down St. Charles-in a trolley-with a Brass Band. But now there are several groups that take advantage of Mardi Gras' start to celebrate the beginning of Carnival 2018.
Happy Mardi Gras!
This post was edited on 1/4/18 at 11:31 am
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:10 am to GFunk
Thoth >>> Any parade
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:11 am to GFunk
i like boobs
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:14 am to GFunk
Mardi Gras = Day before Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday = 40 days before Good Friday
Good Friday = Friday before Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday = First Sunday after the Full Moon on or during the vernal equinox
Ash Wednesday = 40 days before Good Friday
Good Friday = Friday before Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday = First Sunday after the Full Moon on or during the vernal equinox
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:15 am to Pectus
Best time of the year. Too bad crawfish are going to suck.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:18 am to Fat Harry
Yep. Gonna be small and expensive
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:21 am to Pectus
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Pectus
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Mardi Gras = Day before Ash Wednesday
Also known as Shrove Tuesday.
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The expression "Shrove Tuesday" comes from the word shrive, meaning "absolve". Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, especially Roman Catholics who reflect on wrongs they want to repent.
It's the last day of the liturgical season called Shrovetide, before the season of Lent. Many indulge in food that they will later choose to sacrifice for Lent.
The term Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", which refers to the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the fasting of the Lenten season, starting on Ash Wednesday.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:26 am to GFunk
“Before New Orleans, there was Mobile, Alabama — the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. Mobile is home to the first mystic society, or "krewe," which held America's first Mardi Gras celebration in 1704 — 14 years before New Orleans was founded”
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:35 am to Palmetto08
Yeah but no one cares about mobile Mardi gras.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:39 am to Palmetto08
Yeah sure, they started it, and then we perfected it. I'm fine with that narrative.
I'm annoyed it's so early this year because it's gonna be cooooooooold still
I'm annoyed it's so early this year because it's gonna be cooooooooold still
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:40 am to TH03
And some say Plaquemines parish had mardi gras before Mobile
Posted on 1/4/18 at 12:00 pm to Palmetto08
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Palmetto08
I am giving 8/10 on the subtle troll.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 12:17 pm to Palmetto08
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This post was edited on 5/4/23 at 3:39 am
Posted on 1/4/18 at 12:21 pm to GFunk
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the Phorty Phunny Phellows started unofficially inaugurating the season by parading down St. Charles-in a trolley-with a Brass Band.
shite's lame as hell.
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