In the UK the day is known as Shrove Tuesday but tends to be a less flamboyant affair. It is to reflect Christians being able to indulge in food before they begin their fast for Lent the following day. This year the event is on Tuesday 28th February, although festivities often begin on the weekend leading up to the day.
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Enter your email. Signup Location Select People bring their dressed-up pups to parade through the French Quarter. The ladies of Nyx are known for their hand decorated purses, a favorite throw of the Mardi Gras season.
This all-female krewe most coveted throws are hand-decorated shoes. They also toss totes, diamond rings, shoe bracelets, and more. This quirky krewe throws hand-decorated toilet bowl brushes new, of course. There seems to be a pirate contingent here in New Orleans.
Behave yourself. But there are limits. More than state troopers are coming to supplement the nearly 1,member police force. And arrests are made: arrests were reported last year in the 10 days leading up to Mardi Gras along the parade route and in the police district that encompasses the French Quarter. Which parade?
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