| A | B |
|---|
| le violet (purple) | The color representing justice |
| le vert (green) | The color representing faith |
| l'or (gold) | The color representing power |
| 1872 | Year the colors were chosen by the Rex (King) of Mardi Gras |
| Fat Tuesday | Meaning of "Mardi Gras" |
| Mobile, AL | City with the longest history of celebrating Mardi Gras |
| New Orleans. LA | City with "the greatest free show on earth". |
| January 6 | King's Day |
| Date of Mardi Gras | 46 days before Easter (between 3 Feb and 9 Mar) |
| Over 4 million | Number of people usually going to New Orleans each year for Mardi Gras |
| Rio de Janeiro, Venice, Cologne | Other cities famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations |
| "throws" | inexpensive trinkets thrown by krewe members from the floats to the crowds -beads, cups, trinkets, doubloons |
| Zulu Krewe | Throw painted coconuts |
| Doubloons | Plastic , wooden, or aluminum coins thrown by krewes |
| Common phrase of Mardi Gras | Throw me something, mister |
| "boeuf gras" | Fatted bull |
| Dens | Large warehouses where floats are built and stored |
| Krewe | Members of each carnival organization |
| Invitations | Sent out for Carnival balls |
| Flambeaux | Torches carried by parade participants |
| Beignets | Small warm donuts |
| Pralines | Brown sugar confections like no-bake cookies |
| Rex | King |
| le Pâcques | Easter |
| le carême | Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday |
| le mercredi des Cendres | Ash Wednesday |
| une babiole | trinket |
| un bal masqué | costume ball, follows parade, presided over by king/queen |
| un capitaine | a captain, leads the parade |
| un bijou | a jewel |
| un char | a float |
| un collier | a necklace |
| un costume | a costume |
| une couronne | crown |
| un feu de joie | a bonfire |
| la foule | the crowd |
| le masque | a mask |
| la plume | a feather |
| la reine | the queen |
| le roi | the king |
| laissez les bons temps rouler | MG slogan- let the good times roll |
| King Cake | has good luck tokens baked in it |
| from the Latin "carnivale" or "farewell to flesh" | season of fun in New Orleans Jan 6- Mardi Gras midnight |
| the court | king, queen, maids and dukes of a Carnival organization |
| favors | souvenirs with the organizations insignia, name and year-given to friends at the ball |
| super-krewes | Bacchus, Endymion, and Orpheus |
