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Mardi Gras Parade Krewes Krewe of Rex. This parade krewe is the origin of many traditions of Mardi Gras, including the Carnival colors of purple, green and gold, as well as the collectible doubloon coins (introduced by Rex in 1960).
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- Mardi Gras wasn’t always so consistently colored, though. The Krewe of Rex first introduced this particular scheme in 1872, but it wasn’t until twenty years later that the meaning of each color was revealed.
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Mardi Gras Indians History and Tradition Keep-N-It-Real Indian Videos. Mardi Gras is full of secrets, and the Mardi Gras Indians are as much a part of that secrecy as any other carnival organization. Their parade dates, times and routes are never published in advance, although they do tend to gather in the same areas every year.
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- Today is Mardi Gras Day! This is the last day of the Carnival Season and celebrations. There's still time for you to enjoy the festivities if you're in the area. Lots of music clubs in the French Quarter, on Frenchmen Street and throughout the city will be partying until midnight tonight.
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Mardi Gras Fast Facts Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is also known as Shrove Tuesday. Parades and Parties : Mardi Gras Day is the last day of Carnival season. Carnival is celebrated in countries with large Roman Catholic populations. It begins on January 6th, the twelfth day after Christmas. Carnivals include balls, parties, and parades with floats and costumed dancers.
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- Elvis: Officially known as the Krewe of Elvis Marching Club, it was founded in the Summer of 1998 by two Internet junkies.. This marching cyber-based Krewe first paraded at Mardi Gras in 1999 with a following of 20 people.
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- King Cakes are a vibrant part of the Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans. As part of New Orleans's Christian faith, the coming of the wise men bearing gifts to the Christ Child is celebrated twelve days after Christmas. We refer to this as the Feast of the Epiphany, or Little Christmas on the Twelfth Night.
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- Ever wonder how the official Mardi Gras colors - purple, green and gold - were chosen? We know. Rex selected the official Mardi Gras colors in 1872 to honor the visiting Russian Grand Duke Alexis Alexis Alexandrovich Romanoff, whose house colors were purple, green and gold. The 1892 Rex Parade theme Symbolism of Colors affirmed the colors' meaning.
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History of Krewes Over the years many more rules have been established for the Krewes to follow but those are the golden three. And from those three rules dozens of Krewes have been established to represent the various sectors of society that come together to celebrate Mardi Gras.
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Mardi Gras: The Celebration and the Mask Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday” the day before Ash Wednesday when Lent, the traditional period of penance that precedes Easter, begins. The origin of “Fat Tuesday” is believed to have come from a pagan custom of parading a fat ox through the streets before a period of fasting.
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Mardi Gras History And Facts: The Real Meaning Behind These 5 âFat Tuesdayâ Traditions It wasn’t until the beads were made of plastic that throwing them really became a staple of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Rex, King of Carnival, waves to his subjects as he parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. Reuters. Rex, The King of Carnival. Every year in New Orleans, a king is crowned.
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Louisiana's Biggest Statewide Party: Mardi Gras New Orleans has Louisiana’s largest and most known Mardi Gras, but nearly every community in the state has its own version of the annual party. Mardi Gras refers to events leading up to Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Mardi Gras, this year on Feb. 17, is French for Fat Tuesday, which refers to the practice of eating rich foods before the religious obligations of Lent. The period leading up to Fat Tuesday is known as the Carnival season. Parades are the most popular public activity during the days leading up to Fat Tuesday. Parades are organized by private social clubs called krewes.
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United States twenty-dollar bill The twenty-dollar gold coin was known as a  double eagle . Rather than a nickname, this nomenclature was specified by an act of Congress. As of December 2012, the average circulation life of a $20 bill is 7.7 years before it is replaced due to wear.Approximately 11% of all notes printed in 2009 were $20 bills. Twenty-dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in violet straps.he placement of Jackson on the $20 bill may be a historical irony; as president, he vehemently opposed both the National Bank and paper money and made the goal of his administration the destruction of the National Bank.
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- Grela: Founded in 1947, the Krewe of Grela takes its name from the first three letters of Gretna (the West Bank community through which it parades) and the abbrevliation for Louisiana (La). Grela staged the first Mardi Gras parade ever held in Jefferson Parish in 1948.
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A Localâs Guide for NOLA Newbies On Mardi Gras in 1827, a group of students donned colorful costumes and danced through the streets of New Orleans, emulating the revelry they’d observed while visiting Paris. Ten years later, the first recorded New Orleans Mardi Gras parade took place, a tradition that continues to this day.
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Mardi Gras Lingo Aluminum coin-like objects bearing the krewe’s insignia on one side and the parade’s theme on the reverse; first introduced by Rex in 1960 and created by New Orleans artist H. Alvin Sharpe; doubloons are also minted and sold in .999 silver, bronze and cloisonne’.
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MARDI GRAS THROWS Long beads, short beads, sparkly beads, beads with medallions, beads that light up, old-fashioned glass beads ... see who in your gang can collect the most and the coolest. Doubloons Doubloons made their Mardi Gras debut in the Rex parade in 1960 and remain one of Mardi Gras most treasured throws.
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Mardi Gras Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent.
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- Babylon: This Krewe was begun by a New Orleans dentist in 1939. It is one of the ten oldest parading Krewes in the City of New Orleans, its membership consisting chiefly of prominent business men and women from around the country, many of whom are physicians.
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- Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Photo: Reuters . Since its early days in New Orleans in the early 18th century, Mardi Gras has grown to colossal proportions and includes several familiar traditions, like bead throwing, mask wearing and coconut painting, that are widely practiced today but whose origins may have been forgotten.
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Mardi Gras Parade Krewes Each Mardi Gras Parade Krewe has a unique history and theme. Some have been around for decades, while others have been in existence for just a few years. Below is a full list of Mardi Gras Parade Krewes.
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- Tuesday February 28, 2017. 1  Krewe of Zulu - Uptown, 8 am. 2  Krewe of Rex - Uptown, 10 am. 3  Krewe of Elks Orleans - Uptown, follows Rex. 4  Krewe of Crescent City - Uptown, follows Elks. 5  Krewe of Argus - Metairie, 10 am. 6  Krewe of Elks Jefferson - Metairie, follows Argus. 7  Krewe of Jefferson - Metairie, follows Elk. 8  Krewe of Lyra - Covington, 10am.
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- A scant one month later, on February 13, 2010, the newly-formed krewe joined in on the 2010 Mardi Gras revelry with 7 members, 2 dressed in Blues Brothers’ garb tossing beads from the roof of what was then Blazzues Blues & Jazz Club during the Pensacola Grand Mardi Gras Parade.