Preparations for Mardi Gras are underway in New Orleans as city officials met on Tuesday to announce the city's official countdown to the annual event.
Tuesday, the 12th day after Christmas, is recognized as the Feast of the Epiphany in Christianity.
"Everybody knows that this is what we live for," New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at Mardi Gras World, a riverside warehouse where many of the floats used in the yearly Carnival season processions are stored. "Nobody handles the business of joy better than the city of New Orleans."
The first documented Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans in 1837 took about three decades to become a welcomed celebration. Read more...
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