What is Mardi Gras?

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Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday. it is a custom celebrated all along the gulf coast of america. New Orleans is the most famous ,but a lot of the cities and towns celebrate Mardi Gras. Mobile ,Alabama claims to be the founding city of Mardi Gras. As do many other cities.

basicly it is just a reason to party. but the premise is to indulge in things that you are going to give up for lent.

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