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OK, so you want to know something about Mardi Gras. Here's a list of facts for your ten cent crazy book.
Mardi Gras actually means "Fat Tuesday".
"Fat Tuesday" is the last big feast before (Lent) the forty days before Easter.
In New Orleans, Mardi Gras celebrations are centered on the neighborhood known as the French Quarter.
King Cakes are large, round cinnamon rolls covered with white icing and a popular Mardi Gras tradition. Hidden inside the cake is a plastic or metal baby. The person that gets the piece of cake with the baby inside, is said to be the King or Queen and have good luck for the next year, and is obligated to buy next year’s King Cake.
Mardi Gras colors are purple for justice, green for faith and gold for power.
People line the Mardi Gras parade routes, to catch prizes of gold coins, known as doubloons and strings of beads thrown by people riding on the floats.
These prizes can be kept for souvenirs or traded for merchandise in many New Orleans businesses
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