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  • The Meeting of the Courts: When Rex Met Comus

    The Meeting of the Courts: When Rex Met Comus

    While Mardi Gras is known for its lavish parades and costumed revelry, there is also an air of romance and mystery which is sometimes overlooked. Though thousands gather to watch elaborate floats pass by, crying out for various trinkets, few give thought to the royalty waving at the crowds. Masked or bare-faced, the Royal Courts…

  • Adapt or Die: How Mardi Gras Narrowly Avoided Being Outlawed

    Adapt or Die: How Mardi Gras Narrowly Avoided Being Outlawed

    No one does Mardi Gras like New Orleans. We’re known worldwide for our lavish displays of excess in the parades, costumes, and parties that abound during Carnival season. King Cake parties and days of eating gumbo with family give way to the final spectacle of Fat Tuesday when Zulu and Rex rule the day and…

  • Carnival Traditions Around the World: Part 2

    Carnival Traditions Around the World: Part 2

    Carnival Around the World Rio de Janeiro, Brazil            Though it now boasts one of the most vibrant Mardi Gras parties in the world, Brazil did not always celebrate this way.  Dating back to 1723, Carnival was brought to Rio de Janeiro by the Portuguese.  Their way of celebrating meant groups of men taking to…

  • Carnival Traditions Around the World: Part 1

    Carnival Traditions Around the World: Part 1

    Carnival Traditions Around the World: Part 1 While perhaps the epicenter, New Orleans is by no means the only place in the world to celebrate Mardi Gras.  We are but one of many Mardi parties that take place across not only countries but continents.  Varying from India to Germany, Canada to Belgium, carnival celebrations occur…