We have posted drink and food recipes for the past few days, please check those out if you would like to try them. Today we are going to focus on the legal holiday, itself.
That's right: legal holiday.
We have searched the web regarding the legal holiday in New Orleans and the websites we have come across all repeat the same things.
First, overall, the festival is family friendly. There's ONE parade that is debauchery on display, but, that does not happen on Mardi Gras.
"Fated Bull," is an unofficial (nothing is official with Mardi Gras) mascot. Carnival is loosely translated (Latin), "Farewell to Meat." What better way to show this than a great big ol' bovine the day before the Catholic Church mandates no meat (current law states Ash Wednesday and Fridays in Lent, but, no meat used to be observed all throughout the season of Lent). Mardi Gras means, "Fat Tuesday," in French -- last day to eat well until Easter Sunday. Though there are Sundays and some feast days (including Saint Joseph's Day) within this period, because it is Lent, they are not celebrated lavishly as Feasts outside of Lent.
The other common, "Mascot," -- Rex.
The Colors: Purple, Gold, Green (our secretary is wearing these colors today).
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| http://www.neworleans.com/mardi-gras/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2014/01/MGD08ToastPurpleGreenGoldDrums.jpg The Purple Guy Looks like a jelly bean, the Green Guy looks like the Incredible Hulk, and the Asian Guy is painted yellow. |
A real king may have influenced these colors. He may have really visited New Orleans once and that's why the festival has these colors. They have significance to them as well: Purple -- Justice, Gold -- Power, Green -- Faith.
Public drinking is allowed in New Orleans, Louisiana today!!!! Public urination -- TOTALLY NOT!!!
We know the above link specifies The Superbowl Weekend, but, it is so good, we thought to include it to apply it should anybody take advantage of Fat Tuesday (less than 12 hours here in the Central Time Zone).
~Cheers!
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