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Anyone here celebrate Mardi Gras?
We have Paczki's on sale already here (Pronounced no way how its spelt Poo-unch-keys) and there seems to be a few places on tuesday that are giving away mardi gra beads on tuesday like the casino and bars; Imma try to see how many I can get.
Never had a Paczki. King Cakes are every where though. Pretty much all you ever see here.
Mardi Gras celebrations have been going on since January 30th here. Went to like 9 different parades-- Venetian tribute parade was the best, New Orleans Saint's Prade was cold as fuck. Sick of the throws and ready for our Mardi Gras feast tomorrow with family.
No. It's to anyone that celebrates lent. Mardi Gras is a religious holiday which most people fail to realize because the tourist going into New Orleans get drunk off their ass on bourbon street, turning it into something unholy, and it's not just in New Orleans. It's all over Louisiana as a huge holiday, and I believe Mexico does carnavale. A lot of places in Europe: Spain and Italy are the countries that I know of.
No. It's to anyone that celebrates lent. Mardi Gras is a religious holiday which most people fail to realize because the tourist going into New Orleans get drunk off their ass on bourbon street, turning it into something unholy, and it's not just in New Orleans. It's all over Louisiana as a huge holiday, and I believe Mexico does carnavale. A lot of places in Europe: Spain and Italy are the countries that I know of.
yea your right, unfortunately i'm one of those people...not proud of that lol. but yea pretty much just an excuse to leave town for a few days and stay trashed.
Al lI know if that it's in new Orleans and I'm going there as an excuse to show off my boobs and get trashed one time in my life.
I respect that it's a religion thing, but I like the festivities. :]
LMAO, alot of people flash at mardi gras.
& the only reason were celebrating it up here is because my teacher who used to live in the states and also knows french used to celebrate it there and she's like lets have a party. and on lent were having a test as sacrifice Dx
well its actually illegal now to flash your boobies at mardi gras and people only do that and get drunk because its actually celebrating the last bit of sin before lent. not lent itself.
It's always been illegal. So many times have I seen drunk women handcuffed and brought off for it. It's funny and disgusting at the same time.
@Frostbite- Lol, the possibility of catching something at a N.O. parade is zero. Unless you somehow manage to move through the masses right up to the already crowded front and hope you don't get punched while someone else is grabbing the throws.
@Frostbite- Lol, the possibility of catching something at a N.O. parade is zero. Unless you somehow manage to move through the masses right up to the already crowded front and hope you don't get punched while someone else is grabbing the throws.
I have a friend that went, got close enough to catch some thing only to discover they were throwing coconuts and she got hit in the face. XD
well... only lucky if you catch it xD
most coveted item of all parades.
Most insane idea ever. "What can I throw into the crowd that is like a rock but not? I know."
How do they not kill people. I mean most of them are too drunk to catch and are standing in urine. How do they not get hit and fall on their ass and get trampled.
Ooh ok that makes much more sense ^^; And much less harmful. Whats the story behind the coconut though?
Minus the one throw into my friend's face. XD
Trying to go along with the Zulu theme I'd guess though I don't thin coconuts have anything to do with zulu or come from Africa.
Ooh ok that makes much more sense ^^; And much less harmful. Whats the story behind the coconut though?
Well long ago they used to throw glass beads off of floats that were imported. So in order to ridicule them and get back, a certain krewe threw coconuts that were shaved, painted, or carved. They ended up being popular, and coveted. I don't know how the Zulu krewe ended up throwing them though xD
While mardi gras may have started as a religious holiday, it has become "unholy" by no accident.
Basically, its like "Mkk, lent starts wednesday, lets stuff our bodies full of all the bad shit we can that we wont be able to have for 40 days!"
Not a holy holiday in the least.
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