Mardi Gras Fun Facts 1. "Mardi Gras" translates directly to "Fat Tuesday." 2. Mardi Gras is the final day of carnival celebrations before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. 3.

It Had a Couple of Rough Pandemic Years NOLA.com reported that in 2020, New Orleans’ Mardi Gras proceeded as always, underestimating the reality of the then-new pandemic and its repercussions.

Enslaved Africans were constantly revolting against slavery. One of the most interesting and least learned about slave rebellions occurred in Louisiana during Mardi Gras in 1811.

Mardi Gras celebrations on the Gulf Coast date back more than 300 years and here's some things you may not know about Fat Tuesday and Carnival.

Mardi Gras Fun Facts 1. "Mardi Gras" translates directly to "Fat Tuesday." 2. Mardi Gras is the final day of carnival celebrations before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. 3. Most carnival ...

Mardi Gras Fun Facts 1. "Mardi Gras" translates directly to "Fat Tuesday." 2. Mardi Gras is the final day of carnival celebrations before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. 3.