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  2. Bourbon Street - Wikipedia

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    Bourbon Street ( French: Rue Bourbon, Spanish: Calle de Borbón) is a historic street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Extending twelve blocks from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue, Bourbon Street is famous for its many bars and strip clubs . With 17.74 million visitors in 2017 alone, New Orleans depends on Bourbon Street as a ...

  3. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western Christian tradition). Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, the season is known as Carnival and ...

  4. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate - Wikipedia

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    [45] [46] Among the website's features was the "Bourbocam", placed in the window of a French Quarter bar to broadcast images of Bourbon Street. During the 1996 Mardi Gras, it was one of the first internet webcams to carry a live news event. [47] In early 1998, that site was superseded by www.nolalive.com, launched by Advance Publications.

  5. Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon Street - AOL

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    Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all prevented what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season — streets and businesses ...

  6. The History of Mardis Gras in 10 Facts - AOL

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    French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville arrived in what is now modern day Mobile, Alabama on Fat Tuesday, 1699. He named the location Point du Mardi Gras and threw a little party ...

  7. When Is Mardi Gras 2024 and Why Does It Change Every Year? - AOL

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    Mardi Gras begins precisely 47 days before Easter. Since Easter falls on a different Sunday every year in alignment with the lunar cycle, Mardi Gras also has a variable date. Easter is always on ...

  8. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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    Mardi Gras ( UK: / ˌmɑːrdi ˈɡrɑː /, US: / ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː /; [ 1][ 2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn ); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [ 3] Mardi Gras is French for " Fat Tuesday ", reflecting the practice of the last night of ...

  9. Mardi Gras in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Mardi Gras parade on Royal Street in Mobile during the 2006 season. Mobile, founded by Bienville in 1702, is known for having the oldest organized Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States, beginning in 1703. [9] It was also host to the first formally organized Mardi Gras parade in the United States in 1830. [9]