The Cultural Significance Of Mardi Gras And Traditions

Have you ever heard of a parade that throws beads and hands you coconuts? Well, on January 6th the fun officially starts, which usually falls on the day before Ash Wednesday. It is not only something you can watch but, be a part of! It is a day that you can live your fantasy and be a kid again. It is full of traditions from way back when and have tones of history behind every bit of the parade. Mardi Gras is an exciting time for New Orleans, with many things happening during the parade to what happens after the parade. Some things may seem a little crazy but it all means something in the end. I will be talking about the traditions from way back then, the background history from where it all began, and even little fun facts.

In spite of all the colors in the world, Mardi Gras chooses three colors to help symbolize what that day means and to have more meaning in each tradition they have created. The colors that have helped symbolize Mardi Gras are purple, green, and gold. Purple represents justice, green represents faith, and gold represents power (“Mardi Gras History”).To sum it all up, the Mardi Gras colors are very important by them helping symbolize what Mardi Gras is about; keep it similar to every year and that is called traditions.

Besides having colors that symbolizes the day, there is also things that

Mardi gras has multiple names depending on cultures. Some countries call it “Pancake Day”, “Shrove Tuesday”, and even “Twelfth Night” (“Mardi Gras 2014”). Twelfth Night is a feast when three wise men see the Christ Child and it also means the Start of the carnival season and Shrove Tuesday is when Catholics would confess sins and after that they would get ready for lent. Lent is always forty days of self denial of Christ fasting under temptations. In the end Mardi gras helps with religion and it is based off of it as