Mardi Gras Day 2025 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2025: What is Mardi Gras?

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 is Mardi Gras Day 2025.

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Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called "Shrove Tuesday" or "Pancake Day". It is the final day of Carnival It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent.

United States

While not observed nationally throughout the United States, a number of cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations.

Mardi Gras arrived in North America with the LeMoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiana, which included Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

In 1702, Mobile, Alabama became the first capital of the territory of Louisiana. The first official celebration of Mardi Gras in North America occurred in Mobile in 1703. New Orleans, Louisiana is home to the nations largest Mardi Gras celebration.

Carnival celebrations became an annual event highlighted by lavish balls and masked spectacles. Some were small, private parties with select guest lists, while others were raucous, public affairs.

Lately Mardi Gras has been taken up by several cities in the U.S. as the event brings much needed revenue to city coffers.

New Orleans Mardi Gras is particularly well-known, often called "the greatest free show on earth". The celebrations draw hundreds of thousands of tourists to the city in addition to the celebrating locals for the parties and parades. Most tourists can be found within the French Quarter, especially Bourbon Street.

Mardi Gras?

Okay, Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday [in French] and it is the last day to eat before the fast that starts on Ash Wednesday [which is the day after].

The colors of Mardi Gras are purple, gold, and green. Purple is for religion. Gold is for money. Green is for luck. With the beads, they're kind of a like a good luck symbol, a way to make sure that these things stay with you for the following year. Any other colors are just a modern fad.

The modern Mardi Gras celebration is a bunch of parades and parties and an excuse for everyone to get drunk and see boobs. It used to mean something, but not so much anymore :(

What is Fat Tuesday? is it Mardi Gras day?

Hi Blue, Mardi Gras is big festival before Ash Wednesday. It is also called Fat Tuesday in French.

Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday or Carnival season refer to events of the festival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or Kings day and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday French, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday.

This is one of the famous tradition festival on over the world which thousands years of history and is celebrated with thousands of people walking on the street, parades, people in costumes, king cake, party with foods, drinks...