Celebrating
Mardi Gras!
Vermillion Parish Schools
Everyone loves celebrations! Louisiana
hosts one called Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. This holiday
is sometimes called Shrove Tuesday. Mardi Gras is a holiday for celebrating and
eating. The following day is Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent,
which is a 40 day period when Christians give up something they enjoy until
Easter. Mardi Gras began because of Lent traditions and has since evolved into
a big festival celebrated by people around the world.
New Orleans, Louisiana has the biggest celebration of any American town. It all started when French explorers celebrated the holiday on the Mississippi River and the party grew from there.
New Orleans, Louisiana has the biggest celebration of any American town. It all started when French explorers celebrated the holiday on the Mississippi River and the party grew from there.
Parades and balls take place all around Louisiana. Kings, Queens and Courts are named. Groups who organize Mardi Gras balls and parades are called krewes. During parades, colorful beaded necklaces are thrown from floats as souvenirs of Mardi Gras. Cups and toy coins known as "doubloons" are also thrown during parades.
The colors for Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green. King Cakes are baked and shared. Small plastic babies are baked into King Cakes. Whoever gets the slice of the cake with the baby usually supplies the next King Cake.
Mardi Gras is a special holiday which Louisiana people love to celebrate!
Questions
1.
What
are the three colors used in Mardi Gras celebrations?
2.
What
does Mardi Gras mean?
3.
When
did Louisiana people start celebrating Mardi Gras?
4.
Doubloons
are thrown from floats. What are doubloons?
5.
What
is baked inside of a King Cake?
Answers
1.
Green, purple, gold
2.
Fat
Tuesday
3.
It
all started when French explorers celebrated the holiday
on the Mississippi River.
4.
Toy
coins
5.
A
plastic baby
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