mardi gras. mardi gras came to new orleans (la nouvelle orléans) through french explorers in 1699
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Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras came to New Orleans (la Nouvelle Orléans) through French explorers in 1699.
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La Louisiane
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They celebrated on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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Over the next 300 years the way Mardi Gras is celebrated evolved. Over time the people of New Orleans threw lavish balls, held parades and celebrated with other fesitivities.
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Today Mardi Gras is best known for the over the top parades (les défilés) that are held.
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Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday
• It’s always celebrated on a Tuesday.
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It’s always 47 days before the Christian holiday of Easter (le Pâques) and the day before Lent (le carême.)
• A period of “fattening up…”
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Carnival is the time leading up to Fat Tuesday.
• Begins in January.• Nightly parades and celebrations.
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Tourists come to New Orleans from all over the world to celebrate Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras colors
• Le violet, l’or et le vert.
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Traditions
• Le masque
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Traditions
• LA galette des rois (Kings Cake)
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King Cake
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King Cake• More than 750,000 Kings cakes are
consumed annually in the New Orleans area during the Carnival season!
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Krewes• Krewes are organizations that get together
over the year to plan and build the floats for Mardi Gras
• Orpheus
• Zeus
• Comus
• -You can ride too… for $600…
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Doubloons(les doublons)
• Aluminum coins bearing parade krewe insignia on one side and parade themes on the reverse.
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Throws(les babioles)
• Float riders toss trinkets to the crowds called “throws.”
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King Rex
• Introduced in 1872.
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Bal masqué
King Rex and his queen preside over the Rex Ball.
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The unofficial slogan of Mardi Gras is…
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Time for a Mardi Gras Quiz
• What does Mardi Gras mean?
• A) Super Tuesday
• B) Fat Tuesday
• C) Carnival Tuesday
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• What does Mardi Gras mean?
• B) Fat Tuesday
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In which city does the biggest Mardi Gras celebration take place?
• A) New Orleans
• B) Paris
• C) Quebec
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In which city does the biggest Mardi Gras celebration take place?
• A) New Orleans
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Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?
• A) to celebrate the ending of Lent, a period of fasting and penitence.
• B) to honor King Rex.
• C) in order to “fatten up” before Lent begins.
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Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras
• C) in order to “fatten up” before Lent begins.
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What is not one of the colors of Mardi Gras?
A)le violet
B)l’argent
C)l’or
D)le vert
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What is not one of the colors of Mardi Gras?
B)l’argent
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What does the color gold represent?
A) Faith
B) Power
C) Love
D) Justice
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What does the color gold represent?
B)Power
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Why is a king cake round?
• A) No special reason, most cake pans are round.
• B) The round shape represents a King’s Crown.
• C) King cakes are not always round.
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Why is a king cake round?
• B) The round shape represents a King’s Crown.
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What might you find when you bite into your slice of King
Cake?• A) A plastic baby
• B) A bean
• C) A coin
• D) Any of the above.
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What might you find when you bite into your slice of King
Cake?
• D) Any of the above.
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Vrai ou faux?
• Mardi Gras float riders are required by law to wear a mask at all times.
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VRAI
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Vrai ou faux?• It is illegal to throw anything from a
moving float due to safety concerns.
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FAUX
• Float riders throw beads, doubloons and other trinkets from the floats.
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Vrai ou faux?
• Mardi Gras takes place on the third Tuesday in February every year.
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FAUX
• Mardi Gras always takes place on a Tuesday, but not always the third Tuesday.
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Laissez les bons temps rouler means….
A) Let’s have a good time!
B) Good times for all!
C) Let the good times roll!
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Laissez les bons temps rouler means….
C) Let the good times roll!