Happy Mardi Gras

"Mardi Gras" is the day before Ash Wednesday and the final day of Carnival, the three-day period preceding the beginning of Lent. Mardi Gras World offers a behind the scenes look at New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions. An occasion of great festivity and merrymaking, this wonderful holiday is celebrated in many countries, albeit under different names and for varying durations, with carnivals, masquerade balls, and parades of costumed merrymakers. To step up your exultation during the festival, here we have a splendid section on Mardi Gras that includes enlightening articles on the history and celebration of the holiday as also lip-smacking recipes, attractive wallpapers, exquisite e-greetings, cool craft ideas, pleasant party ideas and much much more linked to the occasion.