Mardi Gras Funology

February 27, 2001

The observance of Mardi Gras (aka Shrove Tuesday) before Ash Wednesday and the Christian Lenten period dates back to the middle of the second century in Rome when the Fast of the 40 days of Lent was preceded by a feast of several days. The Mardi Gras season begins on the twelfth night after Christmas and continues until Shrove Tuesday. Mardi Gras is celebrated around the world but most famously in New Orleans' French Quarter. Mardi Gras rituals include donning outrageous costumes, holding parades, attending parties and general merriment.

Crafts and Activities:

• Accu-Cut: Mardi Gras paper doll
• Decorating for Less: Mask craft
• Discovery School's Puzzle Maker: Maze puzzle
• Early Childhood: Mask craft
• Family Crafts: Create a float
• Family Education: Mardi Gras quiz
• Jigzone: Burbon Street puzzle
• Mardi Gras Day: Design your own float
• Mardi Gras Day: Party ideas
• Mardi Gras Day: King Cake virtual game
• Holidays on the Net: Craft ideas
• Making Friends: Jester hat craft
• Making Friends: Mask craft

Food:

• Food Network: Bourbon Street Specials
• Food Network: Spicy Mardi Gras recipes
• Mardi Gras: Recipes
• Mardi Gras Day: King cakes
• Mardi Gras Day: Seafood and entrees
• Web Holidays: Cajun and creole recipes

Thought You'd Like to Know:

• Made by Miriam: Mardi Gras lingo
• Made by Miriam: A century of Mardi Gras dates
• Mardi Gras Live: Glossary of terms
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Mardi Gras colors
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans: The history of Mardi Gras

Virtual Cards and Gifts:

• Billy Bear: Greeting cards
• Inside New Orleans: Greeting cards
• Mardi Gras Lover Postcards: Greeting cards
• Personal Postcards: Bourbongrams
• Personal Postcards: Mardigram
• Virtual Mardi Gras: Greeting cards

Computer Enhancements:

• About.com: Web clipart
• Mardi Gras Links: Desktop theme
• Mardi Gras Live: Screen savers
• Rats2u: Jazz and blues midi files
• Tabasco: Screen saver
• The Magic Web Clip Gallery: Mardi Gras banners
• Web Voodoo: Background set

Additional Links:

• Holiday Hotel Circle of Friends: Additional holiday resources
• Mardi Gras Central: Additional holiday links
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Additional holiday links
• Web Comics: Additional holiday links

Verifying links is an ongoing process. Links are here today but gone tomorrow.
If you come across a link that is dead or has moved, please notify us.
All links were last verified on February 16, 2001.

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