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Many revelers wear purple, green and gold, the traditional colors of Mardi Gras. Others go all out, dressing in costume for parades and other festivities. Others go all out, dressing in costume ...
Dancing in Congo Square, 1886. Mardi Gras Indians have been practicing their traditions in New Orleans since at least the 18th century. The colony of New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha Tribe, and within the first decade 5,000 enslaved Africans were trafficked to the colony.
The 2006 New Orleans Carnival schedule included the Krewe du Vieux on its traditional route through Marigny and the French Quarter on February 11, the Saturday two weekends before Mardi Gras. There were several parades on Saturday, February 18, and Sunday the 19th a week before Mardi Gras.
The Courir de Mardi Gras (Louisiana French pronunciation: [kuɾiɾ d maɾdi ɡɾa], French pronunciation: [kuʁiʁ də maʁdi ɡʁa]) is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun and Creole communities of French Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Courir de Mardi Gras is Louisiana French for "Fat Tuesday Run".
When Caribbean communities started to form in New Orleans, their culture was incorporated into the costumes, dances, and music made by the Mardi Gras Indians—a Krewe of Black New Orleanians who ...
The krewes are showcased in the parades but their club activities and traditional Mardi Gras balls are by invitation, with each ball naming its own krewe royalty. ... The elaborate costumes in New ...