By: Casey Naccari

History of Mardi Gras  THE OFFICIAL COLORS OF MARDI GRAS ARE PURPLE, GOLD, AND GREEN  MARDI GRAS IS ALWAYS THE TUESDAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY, ALSO KNOWN AS “FAT TUESDAY”  THE FIRST NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS PARADE WAS 177 YEARS AGO  BEADS HAVE BEEN A TRADITION SINCE THE EARLY 1900’s  MARDI GRAS BECAME A LEGAL HOLIDAY IN LOUISIANA IN1875  THE KING CAKE REPRESENTS THE THREE KINGS WHO BROUGHT GIFTS

TRADITIONS

HISTORY OF PARADES  FIRST PARADE WAS IN 1711 IN MOBILE, AL.  LATE 1830’s NEW ORLEANS HELD PROCESSIONS  1856, MYSTIC KREWE OF COMUS BROUGHT DAZZLING FLOATS TO NEW ORLEANS  1870, TWELFTH NIGHT REVELERS, FIRST MARDI GRAS THROWS

Mobile, AL (1711)

TRADITIONAL FOODS JAMBALAYA SHRIMP GUMBO SEAFOOD

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