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Mardi Gras 2009

Floats from the Zulu parade roll down <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO1001005011280000" title="St. Charles (Kane, Illinois)" href="/topic/us/illinois/kane-county/st.-charles-%28kane-illinois%29-PLGEO1001005011280000.topic">St. Charles</a> Avenue throwing beads and coconuts on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVFES0000047" title="Mardi Gras" href="/topic/arts-culture/holidays/mardi-gras-EVFES0000047.topic">Mardi Gras</a> day on February 24, 2009 in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100101011265" title="New Orleans" href="/topic/us/louisiana/orleans-parish/new-orleans-PLGEO100100101011265.topic">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana. The Mardi Gras celebration ends at midnight, when the Catholic Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday and culminates with <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="12014002" title="Easter" href="/topic/religion-belief/religious-festivals/easter-12014002.topic">Easter</a>.

( Chris Graythen, Getty Images / February 24, 2009 )

Floats from the Zulu parade roll down St. Charles Avenue throwing beads and coconuts on Mardi Gras day on February 24, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Mardi Gras celebration ends at midnight, when the Catholic Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday and culminates with Easter.

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