mardi gras
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MaRdi GrAs
By Isaiah Mora
Street Celebration!!!
• Mardi Gras is known for its huge street celebrations around the world
• The most famous is in New Orleans, Louisiana
Background
• Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”
• It is the three day period following the beginning of lent
• Mardi Gras is associated with street festivals and parades
Themes
• Mardi Gras has a masquerade them to it where people where outlandish costumes
• Beads are thrown in the streets as well as little trinkets