print email comment close Mardi Gras in New Orleans URL: http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/mardigras/ Description: Material about the celebration of Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, which "officially starts at Twelfth Night, which occurs 12 days after Christmas on January 6th" and runs through the Tuesday before Lent. Includes a parade schedule, a list of Mardi Gras events, background about Mardi Gras krewes, details about history and traditions, a glossary, and related travel and tourism information. From the official tourism site of the city of New Orleans. Publisher: NewOrleansOnline.com Extra Keywords fat tuesday LII Database Information: Record 25302 created by Maria Brandt on 01/22/2008 Last modification on 01/31/2008 Published: 01/31/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25302