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NEW ORLEANS -- Mardi Gras in New Orleans is called the greatest free show on earth, and while attending may not be free, it can certainly be cheap.
Mardi Gras, which translates as Fat Tuesday, closes out the Carnival season on Feb. 24 this year, just before Ash Wednesday ushers in Lent. There are 10 parades in the greater New Orleans area on that day alone, more than 50 in the week leading up to it, www.mardigras.com.See the full content of this document
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New Orleans' Mardi Gras Doesn't Have to Break Budget
On Mardi Gras, you can watch sumptuous floats roll by, catch bags full of plastic beads, stuffed animals, and other "throws," that riders toss from the floats. You see a much more ribald celebration in the French Quarter. Or you can also see the Mardi Gras Indians in their fantastic costu...
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