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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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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View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) is the oldest surviving photograph. It was created by French inventor Nicéphore Niépce sometime...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jollof rice (section Riz au gras)
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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Veto (card game) (redirect from Szlachecka Gra Karciana Veto!)
Szlachecka Gra Karciana Veto! (transl. Noble Card Game Veto!) is a Polish collectible card game (CCG) set in the 17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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Rex (krewe) (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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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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Asher Roth (redirect from Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry)
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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Revival". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2018. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mardi Gras – Creedence Clearwater Revival". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2018. Erlewine...
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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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veganuary.com. 15 February 2016. "Foie gras farm". Animal Equality UK. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2022. "Ban Foie Gras". Animal Equality UK. Retrieved...
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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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"Twiggy Steps Up Foie Gras Campaign". Contactmusic. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011. "Morrissey vs. Gordon Ramsay in Foie Gras Fracas | Animal Writes...
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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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Graham Kennedy (redirect from Gra-Gra)
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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Universal Orlando (redirect from Universal Orlando Mardi Gras)
through to April, a parade and concert series inspired by New Orleans' Mardi Gras party, is held within Universal Studios Florida. The event features merchandise...
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Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Gras (Paris, 1897) by Camille Pissarro currently resides in the permanent exhibition at the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles...
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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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Nancy Drew (redirect from The Mardi Gras Mystery)
years before 1979. Still, an indication of the books' popularity can be seen in a letter that Laura Harris, a Grosset and Dunlap editor, wrote to the...
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Mobile, Alabama (section Carnival and Mardi Gras)
Mobile's Mardi Gras. The National African American Archives and Museum features the history of African-American participation in Mardi Gras, authentic artifacts...
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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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Vilna Gaon (redirect from HaGra)
Gaon z Wilna, Gaon Wileński; or Elijah of Vilna, or by his Hebrew acronym Gra ("Gaon Rabbenu Eliyahu": "Our great teacher Elijah"; Sialiec, April 23, 1720 –...
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