Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday in French. I have never been there, but always wanted to go. Not to just Dallas, Huntsville, Mobile or Galveston where there are lesser celebrations but go to New Orleans aka NOLA for at least a couple of weeks leading up to Mardi Gras.
Carnival is actually an entire season which starts right after Twelfth Night. (The twelve Days of Christmas are from December 25th through January 6th. Twelfth Night, January 6th is Epiphany, the day the wise Men visited the Christ Child.)
This is the season for the winter social season in the south. Balls (some masked), King Cake Parties (where a tiny baby is hidden inside the cake and the finder holds the next King Cake Party), Parades, Costumes, and Marching Bands are all part of the fun dating back into the 1700's according to written accounts. The first and oldest krewe, the Mystick Krewe of Comus was officially started in 1856.
The French population which was largely Catholic, regards Lent as a somber time that starts at the stroke of midnight on Ash Wednesday but before that as they say "Let the Good Times Roll" or "Laissez les bon temps roulez!" The Carnival Season ending in Mardi Gras brings people from all over the country.
Although there were some storms and showers yesterday they had warm weather. Today will be cooler but no rain. I guess I would head indoors for great music and great food if the rain broke out or if it got too cold to be outside. I suspect snowbirds would have heavy clothes with them anyway.
Live video feeds
http://www.wwltv.com/videos/news/local/2014/09/09/15371877/
http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2015/02/watch_the_entire_endymion_para.html#incart_most-read_mardigras_article
Plenty of places to view online including this first hand viewpoint
http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2015/02/watch_the_thoth_parade_from_a.html#incart_maj-story-1
The very interesting history of NOLA and Mardi Gras appears here:
http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history.html
Pictures from the 2015 Mayors Ball
http://fox2now.com/2015/02/15/pictures-2015-mardi-gras-mayors-ball/
Pictures from the Krew of Baccus Parade
http://www.nola.com/mardigras/index.ssf/2015/02/mardi_gras_2015_krewe_of_bacch.html
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