Carnivals Around The World: Mardi Gras In The United States

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent. The main events are usually during February. Carnival i... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent. The main events are usually during February. Carnival involves a public celebration with some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations. The New Orleans Mardi Gras festival is one of the best-known celebrations today. This book discusses Mardi Gras festivities in the United States including in Alabama, California, and Louisiana. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less