Mardi Gras in New Orleans, La. falls on March 8 of next year.

A float in the Zulu parade passes along Canal Street on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVFES0000047" title="Mardi Gras" href="/topic/arts-culture/holidays/mardi-gras-EVFES0000047.topic">Mardi Gras</a> day in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100101011265" title="New Orleans" href="/topic/us/louisiana/orleans-parish/new-orleans-PLGEO100100101011265.topic">New Orleans</a>, La. Mardi Gras day, or Fat Tuesday, is a celebration the day before <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVFES0000049" title="Lent" href="/topic/religion-belief/christianity/lent-EVFES0000049.topic">Lent</a> begins on the Christain calender.

( Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images / July 13, 2012 )

A float in the Zulu parade passes along Canal Street on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, La. Mardi Gras day, or Fat Tuesday, is a celebration the day before Lent begins on the Christain calender.

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