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Wikipedia: Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday in French) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Carnival celebration well-known throughout the world. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany (January 6). It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties.
![[The Carnival at New Orleans, 1885]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Carnival_at_New_Orleans_s.jpg "The Carnival at New Orleans, 1885")
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![[Revelers on Basin Street examine their parade catches, including a Zulu Coconut, 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Zulu_100th_Anniversary_15_s.jpg "Revelers on Basin Street examine their parade catches, including a Zulu Coconut, 2009")
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![[Revelers on St. Charles Avenue, 2007]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MondoKayo07StChasC_s.jpg "Revelers on St. Charles Avenue, 2007")
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![[Float on Magazine Street, 1996]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Magazine_s.jpg "Float on Magazine Street, 1996")
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![[2006: A Knights of Chaos float satirizes the U]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChaosCheifEngineer100Hades_s.jpg "2006: A Knights of Chaos float satirizes the U")
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![[Arrival of Rex, monarch of Mardi Gras, as seen on an early 20th century postcard]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RexArrivesPostcard_s.jpg "Arrival of Rex, monarch of Mardi Gras, as seen on an early 20th century postcard")
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![[Rex, presented with freedom of the city; early 20th century postcard]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RexFree0_s.jpg "Rex, presented with freedom of the city; early 20th century postcard")
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![[Rex in procession down Canal Street; postcard from around 1900]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CanalStreetRexC1900_s.jpg "Rex in procession down Canal Street; postcard from around 1900")
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![[Mardi Gras maskers; circa 1915 postcard]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CardWhip_s.jpg "Mardi Gras maskers; circa 1915 postcard")
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![[Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny, 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KosmicFrenchmenPurpleFaceMardiGras2009_s.jpg "Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny, 2009")
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![[Lit flambeau on Napoleon Avenue just before the start of a parade, 2007]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KChaos07FlambeauKnightRed_s.jpg "Lit flambeau on Napoleon Avenue just before the start of a parade, 2007")
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![[French Quarter coffee house, Mardi Gras afternoon, 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MardiGras2009CoffeeCustomers_s.jpg "French Quarter coffee house, Mardi Gras afternoon, 2009")
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