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Annual Alabama vs. Louisiana who-invented-Mardi-Gras-first thread
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:43 pm
No one has started a thread on this yet so far this year, so I'll give it a try...
1699: first Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana
1711: first Mardi Gras parade in Alabama
Verdict: I have to give both states a tie here...I guess the winning state depends on if you feel Mardi Gras can be celebrated with or without a parade
(besides, neither could've "invented" Mardi Gras any way, as it goes back like 2,000 years).
Happy Mardi Gras, folks, and good night to all.
1699: first Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana
1711: first Mardi Gras parade in Alabama
Verdict: I have to give both states a tie here...I guess the winning state depends on if you feel Mardi Gras can be celebrated with or without a parade
(besides, neither could've "invented" Mardi Gras any way, as it goes back like 2,000 years).
Happy Mardi Gras, folks, and good night to all.
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Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:47 pm to TheDude321
quote:In 1711, Mobile was still part of the Louisiana territory.
1711: first Mardi Gras parade in Alabama
Alabama territory did not form until 1817
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:07 pm to TheDude321
I'm still aching from our Mardi Gras Saturday. a good turn out!
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:20 pm to TheDude321
I'm from Mobile, and spend every Mardi Gras now in NOLA.
Mobile's claim is the modern Mardi Gras. Comus took inspiration from a now defunct parade in Mobile. Its not the interesting part though, it's experiencing the different iterations from the French part of the South.
Mobile's claim is the modern Mardi Gras. Comus took inspiration from a now defunct parade in Mobile. Its not the interesting part though, it's experiencing the different iterations from the French part of the South.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:25 pm to TheDude321
Who invented Mardi Gras? The Romans of course.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 10:11 am to TheDude321
Alabama. Y'all can have it back, please.
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