Mardi Gras Carnival 2012

Mardi gras 2013 Carnival News

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Drinking, amazing costumes, and flesh flashing was the parts of carnivals which is providing the great joy feeling to the rush. But there is some bad happening also occurs. Acoording the New Orleans cops “Fat Tuesday” is the day when they are looking for knife attackers on the path of parade. According to report it is also said that two people in the carnival were get bullet shot in leg. Police have arrested two suspects on that matter investigation is going on.
46 year aged Tom white is the fully clad person in a pink tutu. He is in bycycle with his wife named Allison. He replied that he is pink fairy in the carnival and according to him Clading way is the best part of carnival in mardi gras festival. He likes when people take snaps of him while he is in carnival costume.

Few Facts About MARDI GRAS

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Fat Tuesday means MARDI GRAS carnival starts on 12th days after the Christmas . As the tradition continues with time MARDI GRAS is last time for the catholics to start their fasting Before LENT. MARDI GRAS from a long time have been real party n fun event for the Catholics to enjoy. Even some people think that the celebration of MARDI GRAS link them back to their roman ancestors.

In the United States of America the MARDI GRAS event gather million of party event seekers together towards the New Orlean state of United State. Mardi Gras every year is celebrated on mass scale on Fat Tuesday by peoples behind masked balls and parade.

Krewes New Orleans Royalty

MARDI GRAS from the long time is organised by many private clubs named as Krewes. Their are around 60 Krewes which plan about the parades on Fat Tuesday day . The Krewe of comus is one of the oldest Krewes in Mardi Gras started in 1857. They believed that the underground societies will keep their custom alive. few buissness man in 1972 started Krewe of Rex to host a pradae on On the Mardi Gras event. they first time appointed "King of day". After that naming of kings and queens in the Mardi Gras events have been followed by the other Krewes in the new Orleans. Another tradition started in The Mardi Gras event as purple symbolise justice, green symbolise faith, and gold symbolise power—became the official colors of Mardi Gras.

Mardi Gras 2013 Parade

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Mardi Gras History

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Mardi gras origionally orginated from medival Europe but it there is no any confirmation. Atually there is no any record that proves the recent mardi gras tranformation and presenation. This festival is celebrated with kings, Mardi Gras colors and brass bands which are traced to new orleans.

History of this can also be traced from romans, a french-canadian explorer named Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville when arrived to the plot of 60 miles away from from New Orleans in 1699. At that time he named it “Pointe due Mardi Gras”.

Including with this he also introduced “Fort Louis de la Louisiane” which now termed as mobile. All this happenings is of 1703 time when establishment of fort louis de la Mobile enjoyed the first mardi gras carnival.

At the time of 1704 Mobile setteled a hidden society called Masque de la Mobile which is very much like those peoples who made recent Mardi gras krewes. It ends in 1709. Then Boeuf Graf Society was made and paraded. This process starts in 1710 and ends in 1861. In this process head of big bull pushed single-handly on wheels by 16 men. This was done in FAT TUESDAY.

In 1718, new orleans were recognized by Jean-Baptise Le Moyne. At the time of 1730 Mardi gras festival opnely enjoyed in New Orleans. But they don’t use to celebrate it in parade type.

About King Cake

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French style King Cake (La galette des Rois) is the cake celebrating the Epiphany festival. This cake is consumed on the Fat Tuesday or before this day and is traditionally sold in the bakeries across the town. In the January the sell of the King Cakes are on rise and can be easily found across the town. There are different forms of cake found in northern France ( cake may be in rectangular or circular shape) is fake up of flaky puff material with dense layer of frangipane. In the south of france the King Cake(gâteau des rois or royaume) is made up of torus shaped having various fruits. Tradition hols that the any thing in the King cake figuring any cartoon character veiled under the cake the person who find that veiled item becomes the king on that day and give the cake on the next day. Recently plastic is been used as the trinket items in the slice of the cake earlier in the the 19th century the figurine were made up of poreclain. There are differeent types of themes being used in the cake of famous actors or any cartoon character. The king cakes are made in microwave oven and heated in that without disturbing crispness of the cake. Different bakeries provide cakes in the speacial bags .
in the New Orleans Many Bakeries offer this French King Cake You Can always opt for the King cake on The Mardi Gras carnival.

Mardi Gras Carnival Parade Schdule 2013

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Here is the detailed guide of the Different Parade Times to took place in New Orleans. This Parade routes timings may change by official depending on any obstacle .

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6th

On the 12th day from Christmas January 6th, the day that begins the Carnival Season. Phunny Phorty Phellows - Streetcar Route, 7:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4th

Krewe du Vieux - French Quarter, 6:30 p.m
Krewe Delusion - French Quarter 7:15 p.m

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th

Krewe of Cork at 3pm in the French Quarter
Oshun - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11th

Krewe of Pontchartrain Uptown 2:00 p.m.
Knights of Sparta Uptown 6:00 p.m.
Krewe of Pygmalion Uptown 6:45 p.m.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12th

Krewe of Carrollton Uptown 12:00 p.m.
Krewe of King Arthur Uptown 1:15 p.m.
Mystic Krewe of Barkus French Quarter 2:00 p.m. This parade is all for dogs.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15th

Krewe of Ancient Druids Uptown 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16th

Krewe of Babylon, Uptown 5:45
Krew of Chaos, Uptown 6:30
Krewe of Muses, Uptown 6:30

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17th

Divine Protectors of Endangered Pleasures or DIVA French Quarter 1:30 p.m.
Knights of Hermes Uptown 6:00 p.m.
d'Etat- Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
Krewe of Morpheus Uptown 7:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18th

Iris - Uptown, 11:00 a.m.
Tucks - Uptown, 12:00 p.m.
Endymion - Mid City, 4:15 p.m.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19th

Okeanos - Uptown, 11:00 a.m.
Mid-City - Uptown, 11:45 p.m
Thoth - Uptown, 12:00 a.m.
Bacchus- Uptown, 5:15 p.m.

LUNDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 20th

Proteus- Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
Orpheus - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
Lundi Gras Celebration

MARDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 21st

Zulu- Uptown, 8:00 a.m.
Rex - Uptown, 10:00 a.m.
Elks Orleans - Uptown, 11:30 a.m.
Crescent City - Uptown, follows Elks

Question About Mardi Gras

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1. People generally ask when does the Mardi Gras carnival Starts ?

Mardi Gras Carnival generally starts after the Christmas. It falls on the the 12th days after the great festival of Christmas. There is great celebration in the New Orleans town of the United States. People are in the carnival mood to enjoy this festival searching King Cakes around the all bakeries in the town.

2. What is the pradae routes and schdule of the Mardi Gras event. ?

You can check our other post for the detailed routes of Parade events going to took place in new Orleans.

3. what does the different colors being used in the Mardi Gras events represents ?

Green symbolize Faith Gold symbolize Power,Purple symbolize Justice.

4. What is Mardi Gras Parade ?

Each Parade of Mardi Gras is generally lead by King and Queens in Front leading all the members of krewe which are carried in various floats. These members throws trinkets on the people lined up in the parade routes. These items are used as a collectible by those mens lined up on the Fat Tuesday. The mood is set up the voices of the people lined up for Mardi Gras Parade asking throw me some Items.

5. How should i dress up on Fat tuesday Parade?

You can wear normal casuals cloths for the parade but dont forget to have a big bad with you in which you can collect trinkets or other items.

When Is Mardigras 20123

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Mardi Gras 2013 falls on ,"Fat Tuesday" as the last day celebrations of the carnival season. People joins the Parade through different parade routes to enjoy this carnival season.