Mardi Gras 2013
My wife and I are traveling to New Orleans next weekend for a weekend getaway. We will be missing Fat Tuesday of Mardi Gras by just a few days. This can be taken two different ways. 1. We will be missing out on one of the most historic yearly celebrations in our country. 2. We will be missing the wildest day of the year in New Orleans when approximately 700,000 people will be packing the streets partying.
I am sure most people have heard of Mardi Gras but how many people know why it is celebrated.
Mardi Gras is the last big party of winter. It is the last day of Carnival, a word derived from “Carnevale”, which means “goodbye meat”. On Mardi Gras, revelers indulge in food and drink in anticipation of Lent, the 47 days and nights of austerity that precedes Easter beginning with Ash Wednesday. This year Fat Tuesday is February 12.
The most famous place to celebrate Mardi Gras in the United States is New Orleans. St. Louis, however, is one of the other best cities in the US to celebrate which offers Central Illinois residents a closer place to enjoy the festivities.
My next blog will reveal some of our experiences in New Orleans.
My wife and I are traveling to New Orleans next weekend for a weekend getaway. We will be missing Fat Tuesday of Mardi Gras by just a few days. This can be taken two different ways. 1. We will be missing out on one of the most historic yearly celebrations in our country. 2. We will be missing the wildest day of the year in New Orleans when approximately 700,000 people will be packing the streets partying.
I am sure most people have heard of Mardi Gras but how many people know why it is celebrated.
Mardi Gras is the last big party of winter. It is the last day of Carnival, a word derived from “Carnevale”, which means “goodbye meat”. On Mardi Gras, revelers indulge in food and drink in anticipation of Lent, the 47 days and nights of austerity that precedes Easter beginning with Ash Wednesday. This year Fat Tuesday is February 12.
The most famous place to celebrate Mardi Gras in the United States is New Orleans. St. Louis, however, is one of the other best cities in the US to celebrate which offers Central Illinois residents a closer place to enjoy the festivities.
My next blog will reveal some of our experiences in New Orleans.
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