MARDI GRAS! [Contest]
Today is offically MARDI GRAS!
I love this holiday…well technically its not a holiday but still I love it.
Now I don’t go around flashing my boobies for all the world to see…because honestly no one wants to see that lol. But I do try to go out with friends to local parties to see what all the fuss is about and look at all the pretty masks.
I mean the colors everywhere are just simply beautiful don’t you think?
Mardi Gras in the United States
Many historians believe that the first American Mardi Gras took place on March 3, 1699, when the French explorers Iberville and Bienville landed in what is nowLouisiana, just south of the holiday’s future epicenter:New Orleans. They held a small celebration and dubbed the spot Point du Mardi Gras. In the decades that followed, New Orleans and other French settlements began marking the holiday with street parties, masked balls and lavish dinners. When the Spanish took control of New Orleans, however, they abolished these rowdy rituals, and the bans remained in force until Louisiana became a U.S. state in 1812.
On Mardi Gras in 1827, a group of students donned colorful costumes and danced through the streets of New Orleans, emulating the revelry they’d observed while visiting Paris. Ten years later, the first recorded New Orleans Mardi Gras parade took place, a tradition that continues to this day. In 1857, a secret society of New Orleans businessmen called the Mistick Krewe of Comus organized a torch-lit Mardi Gras procession with marching bands and rolling floats, setting the tone for future public celebrations in the city. Since then, krewes have remained a fixture of the Carnival scene throughout Louisiana. Other lasting customs include throwing beads and other trinkets, wearing masks, decorating floats and eating King Cake.
Louisiana is the only state in which Mardi Gras is a legal holiday. However, elaborate carnival festivities draw crowds in other parts of the United States during the Mardi Gras season as well, including Alabama and Mississippi. Each region has its own events and traditions.
~*http://www.history.com/topics/mardi-gras*~
Now while they are down there living it up in the big easy I’m going to be running a contest of my own turf in Ohio!
CONTEST ALERT!!!
Would you like to win this mask and beads??? It’s even prettier in person!
Simply leave a comment below (US RESIDENTS ONLY) and you can have your chance to win this mask and beads to have to wear whenever you want!
[Disclaimer] This contest runs until MIDNIGHT February 21, 2012 and a winner will be chosen from left comments by random.org.
Since I wanted this to be and couldn’t get as Wicked as I liked I am going to give you the link to some really good FLASH PICS I found while looking at mardi gras pictures!
So go to: http://wickedlysexywriters.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/flash-for-beads-mardi-gras-post-nsfw-contest/
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Posted on February 21, 2012, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is one of those yearly events I would love to go to. I live in a state next door so, one of these days. LOL
menina.iscrazy @ yahoo.com
how fun! I have never been to mardi gras, but one day I want to
Thanks for the contest!
Thanks for those facts regarding Mardi Gas. I’ve never made it to one yet but plan on it.
I had no idea it started so far back. Thanks for the info.
Carol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
Mardi Gras is amazing. My daughter has several very fancy masks.
I havent been but I have always wanted to go . Maybe next year
meandi09@yahoo.com
Thanks for the chance to win!!
brandon_savannah@yahoo.com
I’ve been to New Orleans, but never for Mardi Gras. I’d love to go and wear the mask!
mcv111 at hotmail(dot)com
Thanks for the information on Mardi Gras. Have always wanted to go, maybe one day.
skpetal at hotmail dot com
Going to Mardi GRAS is on my bucket list. Hopefully next year me and my friends can make it down there. Instead of a girls trip to Vegas every year it’s going to be girls trip to Mardi Gras.
Ive never been to mardi gras but I hope to have the chance one day!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!!
viajeradelmar@aol.com
I have never been to New Orleans, but hope to some day. However, it has been said that St. Louis, MO hosts the 2nd largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country. I am lucky enough to live here!! The parades are amazing to watch, even in the snow.
If you get a chance , check it out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulard,_St._Louis
Mel
Ive always wanted to go to mardi gras. It looks like fun! And i do adore the costumes some put on and the masks. My grandma lives in new orleans and i got to see pictures. What one big party! One day….im going!
Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to go to Mardi Gras, it sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for the great giveaway! cheryllynne(at)rocketmail(dot)com
I used to live in NOLA and loved it. Have not been able to find the box containing my collection of beads and masks since moving so this would be a lovely start of a new collection.
Never have been to Mardi Gras but it’s definitly on my bucket list. Up here in PA we usually have Fat Tuesday as Fastnacht Day. The history is that people would give up fried food for lent & needed to use up any fat that was left because it would spoil by the end of Lent so the PA Germans used potato flour to make fastnachts(donut type pastry) and used the last of the fat to deep fry them.
Thanks for the Mardi Gras history and the cool contest.
Mindy
Birdsooong@aol.com
I too love the colors! Another great excuse for kiddie crafts.
I have never been to Mardi Gras but love the thought of it. I just have to work on my anxiety of crowds before I could do this. I have always loved the beads and the masks. I would love to win these to display on my bookshelves.
That. Was a lot of boobs. And a lot of whatever that last guy had going on!
I would love to experience that atmosphere in Louisiana at least once. But even if I did manage to go, there would be no flashing for me. Like you said no one wants to see that!
Thanks!
rae.gwendy(at)gmail(dot)com
I think the mask is gorgeous. What a great prize. I have never been to Mardi Gras either. I think it would be exciting to be caught up in all the excitement, but also a great chance to experience a culture so diverse. Again, thanks for a chance to win the mask and beads. synlab1 (at) yahoo (dot) com.
I’m with you, Drea. Too old for the flashies now. However, Married Gras is on my bucket list…so I’ll probably be one of the older ladies working for beads by the time I get there lol. LOVE the article and the fun you gave all of us today. No worries everyone….today is a day of celebration and life
Have a spectacular Married Grass wherever you are!
Xoxo
Stacey Jo
bakinstuff (At) yahoo
Hi Drea,
thank you for the chance at such a great giveaway, the mask is beautiful.
i have never been to Mardi Gras but have always wanted to go. i am hoping to go maybe next year.
thank you again for the contest and enjoy the rest of your week.
tammy ramey
trvlagnt1t@yahoo.com
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