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Fat
Tuesday, Mardi Gras & Carnival
Celebrations
include lots of feasting, partying and parading on the big
day 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. Today
most of the world's celebrations occur during the week of
Fat Tuesday, which in 2010 falls on February 16. Get ready
to party!
Party!
Fat Tuesday in the USA
It's been
five long years since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina,
and the biggest party town in America will pick itself up
for the 2010 Fat Tuesday celebration with even bigger crowds
- and more parades - expected this year as the New Orleans
Saints' spectacular Super
Bowl victory puts the city back on the map more than ever
before.
The
New Orleans Mardi Gras parade schedule kicks off on January
30 and continues through to Fat Tuesday, February 16, 2010.
Although
many Americans often associate Fat Tuesday with New Orleans,
it was actually Mobile,
Alabama that originated the U.S. celebration while under
French rule in 1703.
Today,
the original home of Mardi Gras celebrates every year in Mobile
with live music, floats, parades, traditional foods and thousands
of spectators.
Meanwhile,
across the country families and friends also gather to party
at home or kick off neighborhood celebrations with colorful
decorations, Mardi Gras beads, and lots of traditional New
Orleans food specialties including shrimp
jambalaya, spicy
cajun shrimp, Mardi
Gras King's Cake, and authentic New
Orleans pralines.
Fat
Tuesday, Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebrations around the world
The
biggest and loudest of them, as always, are in Rio
de Janeiro 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
are the worldwide experts on the art of street theater.
More
about Fat Tuesday Party Ideas around the Web
Around
the Web, learn more about Mardi Gras and Carnival customs
and history with suggestions for food and drink, traditional
Fat Tuesday recipes, rollicking ideas
and decorating themes for hosting your own Fat Tuesday 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.
Fat
Tuesday - What's Cooking - The next best thing to
being there, with a great collection of traditional Fat Tuesday
recipes and party ideas including appetizers, main Cajun dishes,
King's Cake and desserts.
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.
Mardi
Gras Party Ideas from Evite - Tips & how to's
for putting together your own Fat Tuesday grand fete at home
with recipes, a music list, advice on party decorations, costumes
and activities.
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.
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 Fat Tuesday 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
National
Pancake Day
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