Mardi Gras 2012 Live Parade Video: Fat Tuesday Celebration

Fat Tuesday: Live Video from New Orleans Mardi Gras Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is today, February 21, 2012. We have live video coverage of the Rex Parade in New Orleans- check it out below. The French Quarter is...

Mardi Gras 2011: It's Carnival Time on Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras 2011: Fat Tuesday March 8- Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler Mardi Gras 2011 takes place on March 8. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday) is the last day before Lent begins; Lent kicks off with Ash...

Shrove Tuesday: The Hardest Things to Give Up for Lent

Today is Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday), which means that Ash Wednesday arrives tomorrow, and thus begins the forty days of Lent. In the past, Lent was vegetarian-only, and fasting was required: only one full meal...

Pączki Day Recipes, History, and the Dreaded Calorie Count

A pączek is a traditional Polish doughnut traditionally eaten on Fat Thursday, the Thursday which falls before Lent.  Pączki are deep-fried and shaped like a sphere, often filled with a sweet filling and...

Fat Tuesday Parties and Parades a Match for Rio's Carnival

Fat Tuesday means parties and parades in New Orleans, with thousands of people braving the cold to march or watch in a parade with hundreds of floats. Parties go on until the early morning, and police have made...

Carnival Celebrations and Mardis Gras Parties Kick off WorldWide

Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations took place in cities all over the world on the weekend, with big parties and parades in New Orleans ahead of the state holiday called Fat Tuesday. Arrests were made in Greece...

Carnival Season Underway (Neckties Strongly Discouraged)

Update: Another facet of the Carnival season is Weiberfastnacht, or the Women's Carnival. It's a German thing: six days before Ash Wednesday, ladies roam the streets, snipping off guys' ties and kissing them....

Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday to Overlap for First Time

For the first time ever, “Fat Tuesday” and “Super Tuesday” – this year dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday” — fall on the same day, Feb. 5.If you’re not familiar with the term, Fat Tuesday, you might be quicker to recognize it by its French name, Mardi Gras. Each...

It is Fat Tuesday! Happy Mardi Gras

Happy Mardi Gras everyone.  I added stories from the scene, a highlight on our own FluxRostrum, and even a piece on the web community and their links to Mardi Gras.  Anyone have any beads? Photographs...

Fat Tuesday Returns

"Reaching into the city's past, revelers returned to a down-home Mardi Gras today, hoping that the celebration will be the seed of a better future. Just six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city,...

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