Happy Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday!

Miami Mike · **Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:39 pm

To all of you that will wear the beads and walk the walk and hail N'awlins!

tbazzone · **Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:19 pm

Im gonna miss this year. Lots of fun in N.O.

T2Stratman · **Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:05 pm

Not Just a N. O.'s Thing, they do it up big time in St Louis too! They lose their minds here, but not quite as bad as N.O. :lol:

... of course the weather is just a tad warmer down there :!:

T2

Miami Mike · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:49 am

T2Stratman wrote:

Not Just a N. O.'s Thing, they do it up big time in St Louis too! They lose their minds here, but not quite as bad as N.O. :lol:

... of course the weather is just a tad warmer down there :!:

T2

I think they celebrate it wherever liquor is sold. :?:

Miami Mike · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:14 pm

Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday. It is also known as Mardi Gras Day or Shrove Day. It is a day when people eat all they want of everything and anything they want as the following day is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a long fasting period for Christians. In addition to fasting, christians also give up something special that they enjoy. So, Fat Tuesday is a celebration and the opportunity to enjoy that favorite food or snack that you give up for the long lenten season.

Nowhere on the planet is Fat Tuesday celebrated more than on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The day is celebrated with festivities and parades and of course much food and drink. While in New Orleans, a big tradition is in wearing Mardi Gras beads and giving them to others. And tradition requires that if a guy gives a girl some beads, she has to do something for him.....this can be just loads of fun......... :wink:

On Bourbon street in New Orleans, store owners coat poles and columns with vaseline to keep wild and rowdy revelers from climbing them (and perhaps falling).

Miami Mike · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:50 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41944981/ns/us_news-life/

What's the bigger celebration - - Mardi Gras (new Orleans) or Carnival (in Rio) ?

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