It's Mardi Gras time in the French Quarter! Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, when Catholics begin the Lenten 40 days of penance before Easter. It started out as a time to eat rich food, so you could survive the rugged days of Lent. Somehow, its evolved into lots of partying, heavy drinking and feats of debauchery, none of which is looked on too favorable by the Catholic Church, I would imagine. Here, outside of the coffee shop, next to the Nickelodeon movie theater this granite sculpture on the ground reminds me of masks that will be seen on many of the floats in New Orleans tonight. Party on!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Fat Tuesday
It's Mardi Gras time in the French Quarter! Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, when Catholics begin the Lenten 40 days of penance before Easter. It started out as a time to eat rich food, so you could survive the rugged days of Lent. Somehow, its evolved into lots of partying, heavy drinking and feats of debauchery, none of which is looked on too favorable by the Catholic Church, I would imagine. Here, outside of the coffee shop, next to the Nickelodeon movie theater this granite sculpture on the ground reminds me of masks that will be seen on many of the floats in New Orleans tonight. Party on!
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Oh, well done, Birdman. You've come in beautifully on this and transformed it with your camera and your words! Party on, indeed, mister phase two.
ReplyDeleteBeen to Mardi once. Never again. Drunks, drunks, and more drunks.
ReplyDeleteThat mask looks like the NOLA ivrognes B SQUARED mentioned....
ReplyDeleteIt was a great feast here when I was young, but not anymore. Younger people don't even know about it...
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