Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Holiday
Mardi Gras is a very popular holiday
that ends the carnival period; it is French for fat Tuesday also known as
shrove Tuesday. The carnival period begins January 6th, and ends with Mardi
Gras, considered by people as the last day to indulge on food before Ash
Wednesday when Lent begins, which is the time of fasting. Mardi Gras is
celebrated as a legal holiday only in Louisiana, in the United States. It is a
holiday that has a different date every year, but it always marks the carnival
season.
Party supplies are sold everywhere for the popular Mardi Gras season. The most
popular item for Mardi Gras is the throw beads. These beads are thrown and
collected by people during the holiday. It is common to go home with handfuls
of beads. These beads are inexpensive, costing pennies for a strand. Some of
these beads are handmade; these beads are just a little bit pricier because
they have more time put into making them. Mardi Gras throw beads come in all
colors but the most common are gold, silver, blue, red, and yellow. People
celebrate Mardi Gras with enormous marches in parades, food, fun, laughter,
masks, and beads. The story behind the masks was that the French settler
arrived in the 1700’s hidden behind masks, that masks were actually band and
said to be illegal in the 19th century. Crazy costumes, makeup, marching bands,
feather-covered showgirls, painted clowns, and outrageous performers, cover the
streets of New Orleans on this Mardi Gras day of celebration; some people
travel hundreds of miles just to go to New Orleans for this holiday to claim a
spot on the streets to watch the parades and floats with visiting celebrities
go by. Mardi Gras is an extremely popular holiday and celebrated all over the
United States. Everyone should go once in his or her life to see this festive
celebration, especially in New Orleans, Louisiana.
