2006-08-22 07:39:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
wow, okay. the term is Mardi-Gras, and it's a french word. It's the 'Carnival' celebration that takes place in Feb/March of every year in New Orleans. The 'Carnival' tradition happens all over the world, but since New Orleans has a French (Creole) influence, they have their own specific version of the festival.
Basically, people get really drunk and girls are expected to show their breasts in exchange for plastic beaded necklaces that are made by teenage girls in sweatshop conditions in China. It's not the safest environment for a young woman to be in.
2006-08-22 07:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mardi Gras
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(mär´dÄ grä) , last day before the fasting season of Lent. It is the French name for Shrove Tuesday. Literally translated, the term means "fat Tuesday" and was so called because it represented the last opportunity for merrymaking and excessive indulgence in food and drink before the solemn season of fasting. In the cities of some Roman Catholic countries the custom of holding carnivals for Mardi Gras has continued since the Middle Ages. The carnivals, with spectacular parades, masked balls, mock ceremonials, and street dancing, usually last for a week or more before Mardi Gras itself. Some of the most celebrated are held in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Nice, and Cologne. For a full discussion of this subject, see carnival.
2006-08-22 14:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jack G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday" in French. It's the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Catholics traditionally party hard that day. There's a big celebration in New Orleans. Friends who have been to it say it's great. I guess New Orleans has recovered enough from Katrina to have one next Feb.
2006-08-22 14:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mardi Gras??
2006-08-22 14:45:38 · answer #4 · answered by roomwithaview 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mardi gra and it is always the tuesday before ash wednesday in the cajun catholic community....ash wed starts the vigil before Easter and catholics believe in monitoring or eleminating some things from their diet ...so mardi gra is the day to eat, drink and be merry, it's a feast...Fat Tuesday, faten up to make it thru the vigil prior to Easter.
2006-08-22 14:48:41 · answer #5 · answered by sweetiepi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mardi-gras is a celebration on tuesday that celebrates the coming of lent and on that day you eat as much as you can because during lent you can't .
2006-08-22 14:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mardi gras is a huge festival in louisiana my aunt went and she had a blast
2006-08-22 14:53:54 · answer #7 · answered by one in a million 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you mean "Mardi Gras"?
2006-08-22 14:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 weeks of partying before lent, usually goes until Fat Tuesday (day before Ash Wednesday)
2006-08-22 14:48:09 · answer #9 · answered by JENNY W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its mardi gras
2006-08-22 14:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by Jumping Jack Flash 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋