Mardi Gras is traditionally celebrated on “Fat Tuesday,” the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. In many areas, however, Mardi Gras has evolved into a week-long festival. Mardi Gras Day is March 1 2022. Fat Tuesday is the last day of the Carnival season as it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. While there will be no parades this year, there will be Mardi Gras house floats.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
is the holiday of that is celebrated in all of 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).
The parades in New Orleans
are organized by social clubs known as krewes; most follow the same parade schedule and route each year. The
earliest-established krewes were the Mistick Krewe of Comus, the earliest, Rex, the Knights of Momus and the
Krewe of Proteus.
