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Will
New
Orleans celebrate Mardi Gras this year?
You bet!
It's been
three years since the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina, and the biggest party town in America will pick
itself up for the 2008 Mardi Gras celebration with even bigger
crowds - and more parades - expected this year.
The
New Orleans Mardi Gras parade schedule begins on January
19, 2008 and continues through to Fat Tuesday, February 5.
Mardi
Gras & Carnival
Traditionally,
Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations include lots of feasting,
partying and parading on Shrove
Tuesday - just before Ash
Wednesday - when the Church rules of fasting and sacrifice
take effect.
It's
been that way in Christian countries around the world since
the Middle Ages, but many suspect that early spring partying
harks back to the dawn of mankind.
Today
most of the world's celebrations occur in the week of Fat
Tuesday, which falls on February 5th this year.
The
biggest and loudest of them, as always, are in Rio
and New Orleans...although the Karneval,
or Fasching, festivities in Cologne and Berlin get
pretty wild, Carnaval in Nice shows off the wackier side of
the trendy Riviera scene and the Italians in Venice put on
a good show, too.
Learn
more about Mardi Gras and Carnival customs and history around
the world with suggestions for food and drink, traditional
recipes, rollicking ideas and decorating themes for hosting
your own pre-Lent Mardi Gras party celebration...

Mardi
Gras.com -
The #1 location for finding out more about this year's New
Orleans celebration with the latest news and updates, parade
maps and schedules, planning guide, recipes, history, e-cards,
screensaver, photo galleries, video and sound clips, live
webcam and lots more.
Mardi
Gras New Orleans - Featuring everything you always
wanted to know including related party ideas, history and
tradition, official Mardi Gras colors, recipes for king cake
and more, photo gallery and live webcam together with general
New Orleans tourist attractions, current parade schedule,
tour packages, and where to shop for beads and other party
paraphernalia.
Mardi
Gras Day - The parade schedule, bookable New Orleans
hotel reservations, an online store, and featuring complete
party ideas for adults, teens or kid's celebrations including
recipes for Mardi Gras drinks, entrees, appetizers and desserts,
plus instructions for making your own parade float.
NOLA.com:
Everything New Orleans
- Get the live picture of what's going on this minute via
webcams set up on Bourbon Street, at oyster bars, and other
interesting views around town.
Mardi
Gras Party Ideas from Evite - Tips & how to's
for putting together your own grand fete at home with recipes,
a music list, advice on party decorations, costumes and activities.
Mardi
Gras Recipes - The complete guide from TABASCO with
complete instructions and ingredient lists for gumbo and jambalaya
dishes, Cajun and Creole favorites, party cocktails and King
Cake, plus check out how to's on party ideas & activities,
a free Mardi Gras screen saver, and related feature stories.
Carnaval.com
- An extensive directory to Mardi Gras and Carnaval worldwide
including guides to New Orleans, Rio
de Janeiro, Salvador, Trinidad,
London, New York, Toronto, Cologne and more cities worldwide
with links to related history and happenings.
All
About Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A colorful
intro to Rio's Carnaval including the Samba parade, balls
and celebrations, a party planner, a guide to 2005 tour packages,
photo galleries.
Nice
Carnaval - Fun and frivolity on the French Riviera
with details on this year's celebration themes, along with
background info on the flower and carnival parades, general
history and traditions. In English and French.
also
see in Recipes -> Shrimp
Jambalaya
Black
Bean Gumbo | Gumbo
Sloppy Joes | Spicy
Cajun Shrimp
Mardi
Gras King Cake | New
Orleans Pralines
also
see related feature -> What
is Mardi Gras Celebrating?
Pancakes
for Shrove Tuesday | Shrove
Tuesday: Pancake Fest
also
see in Travel -> Spring
Break
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