Why Did Mardi Gras Move From Mobile To New Orleans
Why Did Mardi Gras Move From Mobile To New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday. Eventually some of the men from Mobile moved to New Orleans, where they partnered with a few local gentlemen and formed a parade to march on Mardi Gras night, they called the group Comus and created a new word from old.
Not unless you are going Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide is a print publication found in most drug stores that includes more. This article is a travel topic. The festival is rooted in the ancient European Carnival traditions.
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It is the day when African American revelers, known as Mardi Gras Indians, parade through town in their hand-made costumes.
Several years ago, the Mardi Gras gods decided to enlarge the routes for some of the New Orleans parades, starting them further Uptown on Jefferson Avenue and Magazine Street before turning down. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday. Where to stay in New Orleans.