Mesmerize guests with a themed
Mardi Gras Costume Party. Join in the
festivities of Fat Tuesday without being on Bourbon Street. Add
authentic
Mardi Gras Masks
decorated with feathers, stars, and beads.
Decorate for Mardi Gras with a colorful collection of party
supplies, beads, and masks...give it some P'Jazz!
Start the Parade!
Pick a King and Queen and strike up the band, throw some beads and invite your friends to a
Mardi Gras celebration. Add some masks and beads for a great Mardi Gras
celebration.
Dress
Up Your Vehicle!
Join the Mardi Gras parade with
a quick and easy parade kit! Kit includes Mardi Gras accents for your
vehicle and an instruction sheet.
MARDI GRAS PARADE KITS: CAR
Parades Floats Pageants
Carnival Toys and Prizes
It isn't Mardi Gras
without Cajun Food Find some
"HOT" recipe ideas.
The terms "Mardi Gras" in English, refer to
events of the Carnival beginning on or after Epiphany and
culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi gras is French for
Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating
richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season,
which begins on Ash Wednesday. Popular
practices include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social
conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, etc. In England the
day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive,
meaning "confess" associated with the religious requirement
for confession before Lent begins.
In some US cities the festival season varies from city to city. In earlier times parades were held on New
Year's Day. Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, Barranquilla, Colombia, Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago, Quebec City, Canada; Mazatlįn, Sinaloa in Mexico; and New
Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Carnival is an important celebration in Anglican and Catholic European
nations. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the week before Ash
Wednesday is called "shrovetide", ending on Shrove Tuesday. It has its
popular celebratory aspects as well. Pancakes are a traditional food.
Pancakes and related fried breads or pastries made with sugar, fat and
eggs are also traditionally consumed at this time in many parts of Latin
America and the Caribbean.
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