Mardi Gras Taylor Matherly
May 20, 2015
Mardi Gras
Taylor Matherly
Mardi Gras• “Fat Tuesday” • Brought by French
Catholics to the US• Start of Lent Season• Day of feasts, parades
and celebration• Most famous celebration
in New Orleans, Louisiana
Bourbon Street
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6JIjsdBzI
Parades2 biggest parades: 1) Rex and 2)Zulu
Both end on Canal St
Symbols
Beads
Feather masks
Colors (purple, yellow, green) Floats
Music
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz6FBAOsubg (steel drums)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx10zWJAkzg (jazz band)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vncNPfLRFo (Zydeco music & dancing)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XsxdQW1s8E (Cajun music)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqfdn8_ftYQ (Cajun accent)
New Orleans Jazz Bands Zydeco
Cajun
Food
Gumbo Jambalaya
Hoppin’ John Shrimp and grits
King Cake