As a local artist I paint and do shirt designs in my New Orleans Art Studio. I sell prints and shirts on the web and on Jackson Square. Here is a link to my Mardi Gras designs sold on the web: http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/mardi+gifts?rf=238720872070265283 I add new posters, art, and shirts all the time stop in and see them. Samoles are also on this page, click the iamge on the design to see more details.
Mardi Gras History from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Mardi_Gras
"Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday in English) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Carnival celebration well-known throughout the world.
The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season ofLent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany (January 6). It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties. It has traditionally been part of the winter social season; at one time "coming out" parties for young women at débutante balls were timed for this season.
Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French), the day before Ash Wednesday. Usually there is one major parade each day (weather permitting); many days have several large parades. The largest and most elaborate parades take place the last five days of the season. In the final week of Carnival, many events large and small occur throughout New Orleans and surrounding communities.
The parades in New Orleans are organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common throws are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons (aluminum or wooden dollar-sized coins usually impressed with a krewe logo), decorated plasticthrow cups, and small inexpensive toys. Major krewes follow the same parade schedule and route each year."
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