Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras Day, or "Fat Tuesday", is the culmination of an annual Carnival celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, so called because it always falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The parades begin several weeks earlier and most visitors will plan to arrive on the Saturday before Mardi Gras Day so as to enjoy an extended weekend of festivities. Mardi Gras is full of music, parades, floats, purple, green and gold and great excitement.