After years of stagnant wage growth, rising living costs people in England and Wales have an average of just Â£7,780 in savings, according to figures from Halifax. Rising costs: The average cost of a funeral as risen by 80 per cent since 2004.
The first Mardi Gras festivities in Louisiana were held on March 3, 1699. On that day, a group of French explorers set up camp on the west bank of the Mississippi River, about 60 miles downriver from what is now New Orleans.
LGBT Mardi Gras. Like the rest of the city, the New Orleans LGBT community has been celebrating Mardi Gras since its beginnings in the 1830s. But the first official gay Carnival krewe, the Krewe of Yuga, wasnât formed until the late 1950s. At the time, Yuga was forced to remain relatively underground, organizing balls and parties in private homes.