Mardi Gras

Taylor Matherly

Mardi Gras• “Fat Tuesday” • Brought by French

Catholics to the US• Start of Lent Season• Day of feasts, parades

and celebration• Most famous celebration

in New Orleans, Louisiana

Bourbon Street

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6JIjsdBzI

Parades2 biggest parades: 1) Rex and 2)Zulu

Both end on Canal St

Symbols

Beads

Feather masks

Colors (purple, yellow, green) Floats

Music

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz6FBAOsubg (steel drums)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx10zWJAkzg (jazz band)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vncNPfLRFo (Zydeco music & dancing)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XsxdQW1s8E (Cajun music)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqfdn8_ftYQ (Cajun accent)

New Orleans Jazz Bands Zydeco

Cajun

Food

Gumbo Jambalaya

Hoppin’ John Shrimp and grits

King Cake