Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras, as we know it today, is the descendent of old fertility rites celebrating the coming of spring and the rebirth of vegetation. Gradually these pagan ceremonies were incorporated ...
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Mardi Gras de Mamou by Stuart Englert A dozen young men in colorful costumes chase a chicken across a soggy rice field in Mamou, La. (pop. 3,566), continuing a Mardi Gras tradition that’s bee...
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Amid myriad problems that have bogged down its recovery, New Orleans is hoping for a rebound for the annual Carnival spectacle that provides a big chunk of its tourist economy.After Hurricane Katri...
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It's the third Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina slammed into Mississippi's Gulf Coast, but a rounder number will be on the minds of many as the parade rolls through town on Fat Tuesday.The local ...
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The final weekend leading up to Mardi Gras has been a boon for hotels, restaurants and bars, with business generally brisker than last year, the first Carnival since Hurricane Katrina devastated th...
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First to go were the giant oak trees along North Claiborne Avenue, cut down in the 1960s to make way for an elevated interstate highway.Then, in 2005 the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina scattered ...
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Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Car...
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Crowds roared enthusiastically for parade floats on Fat Tuesday as residents weary of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath joined with rowdy visitors to put the task of rebuilding New Orleans aside ...
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New Orleans may have half the population it did before Hurricane Katrina, but the cash-strapped city still loves a party, so to help pay for Mardi Gras, it's trying a new money source: text-message...
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That happy, sing-song sound heard on Bourbon Street is trickle-down economics at its best as hundreds of thousands of Carnival season visitors spend themselves silly before Fat Tuesday.The city's t...
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Clarinetist Pete Fountain, dressed in a tunic as one of King Arthur's knights, looked frail but happy Tuesday morning as he led 100 members of his Half-Fast Walking Club onto Uptown streets in what...
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Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras de Mamou
