Does any other state in the USA celebrates MARDI GRAS  other than Lousiana?
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Mardi Gras\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n(Redirected from Mardi gras)\nJump to: navigation, search\nFor Mardi Gras in New Orleans, see New Orleans Mardi Gras. For other carnival season celebrations see the article on Carnival. For the 1972 album, see Mardi Gras (album). For the British extortionist known as the "Mardi Gra bomber" see Edgar Pearce. \nMardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called "Shrove Tuesday" or "Pancake Day". It is the final day of Carnival (English:IPA: /kaɹnɨvəl/ and Romance languages:IPA: /karnival/). It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent. The feast should not be confused with the Polish Fat Thursday.\n\n\n\n\nContents [hide]\n1 Dates \n2 Locations \n2.1 United States \n2.1.1 Louisiana \n2.1.1.1 New Orleans \n2.1.1.2 Lafayette \n2.1.1.3 Elsewhere in Louisiana \n2.1.2 Saint Louis \n2.1.3 Mobile \n2.1.4 Pensacola \n2.1.5 Galveston \n2.1.6 Port Arthur \n2.1.7 San Diego \n2.1.8 San Luis Obispo \n2.2 Newfoundland \n2.3 Brazil \n2.4 Caribbean \n2.5 Mexico \n2.6 Belgium \n2.7 Sydney \n3 External links \n \n\n\n[edit]\nDates\nThe date can vary from February 3 to March 9 in non-leap years or February 4 to March 9 in leap years. Like Lent, the date is dependent on that of Easter.\n\nMardi Gras falls on the following dates in the following years:\n\n2006 - February 28 \n2007 - February 20 \n2008 - February 5 \n2009 - February 24 \n2010 - February 16 \n2011 - March 8 \n2012 - February 21 \n2013 - February 12 \n2014 - March 4 \n[edit]\nLocations\n \nFloat-making in New OrleansPerhaps the cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro, Venice, New Orleans, and Cologne. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well. The carnival is an important celebration in most of Europe, and in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.\n\n[edit]\nUnited States\nWhile not observed nationally throughout the United States, a number of cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations.\n\nMardi Gras arrived in North America with the LeMoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiana.\n\nThe explorers eventually found the mouth of the Mississippi River on March 3, 1699, Mardi Gras of that year. They made camp a few miles upriver, just south of New Orleans, named the spot Point du Mardi Gras and partook in a spontaneous party. This is often referred to as North America's first Mardi Gras.\n\nCarnival celebrations became an annual event highlighted by lavish balls and masked spectacles. Some were small, private parties with select guest lists, while others were raucous, public affairs.\n\nRecently Mardi Gras has taken root in several major cities in the USA as the event contributes to help local economies bring revenues.\n\n[edit]\nLouisiana\n[edit]\nNew Orleans\nMain article: New Orleans Mardi Gras\n\n \nCostumed musicians, French Quarter, New OrleansNew Orleans Mardi Gras is particularly well-known, often called "the greatest free show on earth". The celebrations draw many tourists to the city in addition to the celebrating locals for the parties and parades.\n\nMardi Gras came to New Orleans with the earliest French settlers. New Orleans developed new traditions, including Krewes such as the Krewe du Vieux, the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, and the famous Rex parade, in addition to Mardi Gras Indians and king cake parties.\n\nThere are as many as 60 Krewes that have parades in the greater New Orleans area. Officially, the Mardi Gras season, more properly called Carnival, starts at the end of the twelfth day of Christmas. Most parades, balls and other festivities occur on weeknights and weekends in the 2-week period before Mardi Gras Day. Though each parade is unique, there are certain commo
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I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's pretty cool here. Bars never close. Also, it is NevAda, as in "bad," not as in "farse."\n\nI'm an idiot. Farse wasn't the best example.
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Long history lesson here... Some states were the original united states original 13 colonies.. Other states were governed by other countries... France had Lousiana.. Spain had parts of what is now the united states. If i'm not mistaken I think Texas was the only state that was its own republic after fighting from indepence from Mexico.
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"Mardi gras" literally means "fat Tuesday".  It was a celebration that took place on the last day before the beginning of Lent, a religious time of fasting.  We also call it Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Day.  It also has a pre-Christian connection.\n\nCheck out the websites I've attached.  They should give you the information you need.
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IN ARKANSAS JUST OUTSIDE BATESVILLE TOWARD MELBOURNE\nIN MISS ANYWHERE WHERE THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS A PARK AS THE SAME FOR ALL OTHER STATES
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I grew up in a small town that still did (and still does) May Day celebrations including electing a May Queen and May Pole dances. I really wish more communities would do this since it is loads of fun. I still go back every year to see the parade and go to the carnival. I haven't been to watch the May Pole dance in years.
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In New Orleans on Fat Tuesday! haha, but seriously check out the jazz section in your local cd store like FYE or Tower Records or something, you'll see loads of Mardi Gras music, but I would recommend instead of that one song to peruse some of Dr. John's music, you'll thank me later.
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Alabama Yellowhammer State \nAlaska The state is commonly called “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun” \nArizona Grand Canyon State \nArkansas The Natural State \nCalifornia Golden State \nColorado Centennial State \nConnecticut Constitution State (official, 1959); Nutmeg State \nDelaware Diamond State; First State; Small Wonder \nFlorida Sunshine State (1970) \nGeorgia Peach State, Empire State of the South \nHawaii Aloha State (1959) \nIdaho Gem State \nIllinois Prairie State \nIndiana Hoosier State \nIowa Hawkeye State \nKansas Sunflower State; Jayhawk State \nKentucky Bluegrass State \nLouisiana Pelican State  \nMaine Pine Tree State \nMaryland Free State; Old Line State \nMassachusetts Bay State; Old Colony State \nMichigan Wolverine State \nMinnesota North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes \nMississippi Magnolia State \nMissouri Show-me State \nMontana Treasure State \nNebraska Cornhusker State (1945); Beef State \nNevada Sagebrush State; Silver State; Battle Born State \nNew Hampshire Granite State \nNew Jersey Garden State \nNew Mexico Land of Enchantment (1999) \nNew York Empire State \nNorth Carolina Tar Heel State \nNorth Dakota Sioux State; Flickertail State; Peace Garden State; Rough Rider State \nOhio Buckeye State \nOklahoma Sooner State \nOregon Beaver State \nPennsylvania Keystone State \nRhode Island The Ocean State \nSouth Carolina Palmetto State \nSouth Dakota Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State \nTennessee Volunteer State \nTexas Lone Star State \nUtah Beehive State \nVermont Green Mountain State \nVirginia The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents \nWashington Evergreen State \nWest Virginia Mountain State \nWisconsin Badger State \nWyoming Equality State
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I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOUISIANA ANS I DON'T EVER RECALL HEARING OF LAFAYETTE PARISH,  IT IS A CITY MY DAD LIVES IN!  are you sure you don't mean Lofouche parish? 'cause that in down the bayou near terrebone parish by Houma
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It runs through two states in the United States -- Minnesota, and Louisiana -- and borders eight states -- Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi -- before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles (160 km) downstream from New Orleans.
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Yes, there are still states where this is nominally illegal. These are: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia and (wouldn't you know it) Washington D.C.\n\nDo note, however, that the U.S. Supreme Court in "Lawrence v. Texas" (J Kennedy writing for the majority) in 2003 struck down all anti-sodomy laws in the United States, declaring that such laws violated the liberty phrase of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Most anti-oral sex laws had not been enforced prior to this overturning.
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New Orleans' Mardi Gras revelers will spend today downing Hurricanes, gawking at naked flesh, and begging paraders for colored beads with the traditional plea, "Throw me something, mister!" How did the bead-throwing custom begin?\n\nThe first recorded instances of Mardi Gras paraders tossing souvenirs to the crowd date back to the 1840s, when revelers costumed as aristocrats threw out baubles and sugar-coated almonds. Other, less savory characters preferred "trick" to "treat" and pelted onlookers with an assortment of dirt, flour, and quicklime. The dissemination of handouts—or "throws," in Mardi Gras parlance—is widely believed to have derived from festival customs in Renaissance Europe, where pre-Lenten carnivals often involved projectiles (hurled about after villagewide ale-and-mead binges). Some historians theorize that the tradition has roots in a pagan post-winter ritual, during which lucky peasants who'd survived the cold months celebrated by throwing milled grain into the fields—an offering of gratitude to the deity (or deities) who had given them enough food to last.\n\nGlass beads did not become a New Orleans Mardi Gras staple until the 1880s, after Anglo-American "krewes" had formed to organize the loose-knit festivities. Legend has it that the first parade participant to use beads was a man dressed up as Santa Claus; the ornamental strands were such a hit that other krewes picked up on the ritual. By 1900, when at least 100,000 tourists a year flocked to the Crescent City for Mardi Gras, beaded throws were ubiquitous.\n\nContinue Article\nwhy you fly national\n\nToday's plastic-or-aluminum beads have earned substantial notoriety for their role in a sexual bartering system; women often bare their breasts for a strand or two. (And sometimes go the Full Monty for a particularly enticing throw.) Despite claims that this custom dates back decades, a 1996 paper in the academic journal Social Forces could trace the beads-for-nudity movement only back to the 1970s.\n\nBonus Explainer: A krewe known as "Zulu" has become famous for handing out (not throwing) Mardi Gras coconuts in lieu of beads. The practice ceased briefly in the 1980s, owing to liability concerns—no insurance company would cover Zulu, fearing that an errant coconut might dent a merrymaker's skull. Zulu leaders appealed to the Louisiana state legislature, pointing out that beads and other Mardi Gras trinkets were exempted from liability laws. In 1987, then-Governor Edwin Edwards signed the "Coconut Bills," adding Zulu's heavy, oblong handouts to the list.
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A lot of Mexicans from Mexico don`t know about cinco de mayo until they come to America..I think it`s great to celebrate all the holidays that make up America. Saint Patrick`s day is one of my favorites and I still don`t know what it`s about but everyone is Irish for the day,Green beer and corned beef n cabbage....Go and check out a Greek festival..or when the Portuguese celebrate holy ghost you have to try some soupish......I do know one thing No matter where you came from or how you got here everyone knows about the Fourth of July and why it is celebrated.....
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No it is not.\n\nToday is a Federal Holiday to celebrate our brave heros.
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The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some recognition in other parts of the Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.
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Yes, we do have the best state fair in the country. I just wish it wasn't when it was so hot. Check it out this year! If anything the people watching is very entertaining.
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Im from Louisiana and I havent heard it was.