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    Mardi Gras (UK: /ˌmɑːrdi ˈɡrɑː/, US: /ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː/; also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn);...
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    View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) is a heliographic image and the oldest surviving camera photograph. It was created by French...
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    Gras Unmasked Definitive Mardi Gras and king cake histories MardiGras.com Web site affiliated with New Orleans' Times-Picayune newspaper Mardi Gras 2014...
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    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is an event in Sydney, New South Wales attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around...
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    Mardi Gras Indians (also known as Black Masking Indians) are African American carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in...
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    foie gras. The report of the European Union's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Welfare Aspects of the Production of Foie Gras in...
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    Mardi Gras World (also known as Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World, MGW) is a tourist attraction located in New Orleans. Guests tour the 300,000 square foot...
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  • Mardi Gras. In a literal sense, the song describes a sunshower, such as in the lyric "It'll rain a sunny day" and the chorus, "Have you ever seen the rain...
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    base of operations for The Compleat Carnival Compendium & Mardi Gras Manual. Faubourg Marigny French Quarter Mardi Gras costumes New Orleans Mardi Gras...
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    American Mardi Gras tradition began with French annual celebrations in Mobile. The feasting and revelry on Mardi Gras in Mobile was called Boeuf Gras (fatted...
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    Rex parade (category Mardi Gras in New Orleans)
    simply "Rex". The identity of Rex is made public on Lundi Gras, the day before Mardi Gras. Rex is always a prominent person in the city, one who is usually...
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    a non-exhaustive overview of Bœuf Gras festivities around the world. An English cartoon from 1660 depicts Mardi Gras mounted on a Fat Ox and ready to do...
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  • "After The Mardi Gras" by Al Anderson (NRBQ) "Ain't No City Like New Orleans" by Earl King "Ain't Nothin' Like It (Mad Mad Mardi Gras)" by AJ Loria "Alexis"...
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    variant called riz gras or riz au gras, which translates to "fat rice", a reference to the short-grain rice usually used in the dish. Riz gras typically includes...
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  • away from present-day New Orleans on Mardi Gras in 1699. They named it "Pointe du Mardi Gras", (Mardi Gras Point), accordingly. They also held a small...
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    production companies as a filming location. 75m 80yds Good Time Gardens Mardi Gras Looney Tunes Adventures (formerly Kids' Carnival) DC Comics Super Hero Adventures...
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  • Above Ground, The Great American Spectaculars: The Kentucky Derby, Mardi Gras, and Other Days of Celebration Sidura Ludwig novelist, short stories Holding...
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    Revival". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2018. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mardi Gras – Creedence Clearwater Revival". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2018. Erlewine...
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    After touring in 2009 and releasing a second mixtape titled Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry in March 2010, Roth began working on his second...
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    the three had become increasingly strained. The band's final album, Mardi Gras, was released in April 1972, featuring songs written by John Fogerty, Cook...
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    Cajuns (section Mardi Gras)
    Sunday. Mardi Gras was historically a time to use up the foods that were not to be used during Lent, including fat, eggs, and meat. Mardi Gras celebrations...
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    "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras". James was born on Christmas Day of 1939 in Marshall, Missouri, United States...
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    style of vaudevillian and radio comedy star Roy Rene and was often called "Gra Gra" (pronounced "gray-gray"). Honoured as an officer of the Order of Australia...
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    Mardis Gras as an adult gay man". 9Honey. Retrieved 26 February 2023. As a born and raised Sydneysider, I can't imagine a world without the Mardi Gras. "Christian...
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    of Achievement. "2010 Krewe of Bacchus New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Schedule 2010". Mardi Gras Parade Schedule. Retrieved 17 September 2009. "Lorne Greene...
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  • the Mardi Gras colors for the Pelicans' existing palette. For the 2020–21 season, the Pelicans' "City" uniform deviated from the Mardi Gras theme of previous...
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    providing glucose as food energy. They are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for food and beverage manufacturing in numerous products. Due to their rapid...
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    Federation of European Carnival Cities Mardi Gras Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama New Orleans Mardi Gras Sitalsasthi Narrenmarsch "Largest carnival". Guinness...
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    proven as safe via submission by a manufacturer of a GRAS document. The conclusions about GRAS are based on a detailed review of a large body of information...
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    Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he designed and painted Mardi Gras floats, worked as a river boat deck hand, and sang and played drums in the...
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