Mardi Gras Festival
When & Where The Mardi Gras Festival occurs the 3 days before Lent in New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S.A. Mardi Gras Festival 2010 in New Orleans takes place February 16th. Why It's French fertility ritual welcoming the advent of Spring. In 1699 Iberville, the French explorer, stopped on the banks of the Misissipi river and celebrated as he knew his fellow countrymen were back in France. There is no record of women attending this event, hence we may concluded this Mardi Gras was beadless. Accomodation during Mardi Gras There is a lot of cheap great hotels & apartments in New Orleans available here during the festival.
Flights Book your for Fat Tuesday hereflights to New Orleans book early as prices increase a lot for the Fat Tuesday.
Mardi Gras Beads
What to expect beads, a parade every day, costumes, beads, drunk tourists, beads, breasts and complaining locals. If you have seen the Mardi Gras on TV and are looking for a "good time" the best action is on Bourbon St. and around the french quarter. These are the areas where people throw beads from balconys in exchange for women flashing their boobs and sometime more. Local police were cracking down on thi practice but it's difficult to be so stringent after the demise of New Orleans by Hurricane Katriona.Mardi Gras dates for the next couple of years February 16 2010 ,March 8 2011, February 21 2012, February 12 2013, March 4 2014, February 17 2015, February 9 2016, February 28 2017, February 13 2018, March 5 2019. Did you like this article ?
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