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Mardi
Gras Parade Schedules
Can't you almost feel the boom of dat big
bass drum? YEE-OWW! Throw me some of dem big
beads, MISTAAAAAH!
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Eye
Candy
Screensavers, 360-degree panoramas,
mard-E-cards and an extensive image
gallery of past Mardi Gras memories.
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Colorful
Characters
Personalities who enrich the panorama of Mardi
Gras.
Carnival
Courier
A selection of noteworthy news items about
Mardi Gras.
Carnival
Countdown
What's going on, day by day, in the
weeks leading up to Carnival Day.
Carnival
Quotes
What Mark Twain, Louis Armstrong, Calvin Trillin
and others have had to say about New Orleans'
most distinctive civic ritual
Carnival
4 Kidz
Children
of the realm are indoctrinated into the
rituals of Carnival almost from infancy. Plus:
a listing
of activities. |
Fat Tuesday is February 5th, 2008
Katrina
Gras
After
Katrina, the stage is set for a Mardi Gras
unlike any other. Steeped in meaning and fraught
with emotion, it has become a crucial test
of the city's ability to recover - and a therapeutic
antidote of sorts for what is perceived as
a woefully inadequate government response
to the disaster.
What
It's All About
There is no one way
to celebrate Mardi Gras, an
amalgamation of crazy habits and rituals that
occur within a framework of established conventions.
Nevertheless, when planning a Mardi Gras party,
you're better off knowing about king cake
cheats, the prerogatives of tinsel royalty,
the sociology of "earning" beads
and the importance of foolishness in the observance
of tradition.
Local
Color & Customs: King
cake, Barkus
and other traditions near and dear
to the hearts of New Orleanians
Fat Tuesday Eyeball Kicks |
| A kaleidoscope of offbeat cultural rituals to behold
at "The Greatest Free Show on Earth."
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Carnival
Trivia Challenge
Test your knowledge of a tradition with a
long and storied history
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