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Mardi Gras around the globe Revelers around the world celebrate Fat Tuesday, the day before the fasting season of Lent begins.
Feb. 21, 2012
Robert Detrinis, and his wife, Lenny Detrinis, walk through the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans on the last day of Mardi Gras celebrations, which end at midnight.
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Feb. 19, 2012
Jaqueline Mortenson watches the passing Krewe of Thoth parade through a window in New Orleans. The parade, in its 65th year, had a "Streets of New Orleans" theme.
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Feb. 19, 2012
The Krewe of Mid-City's "Apocalypso:Party at the End of the World" float rolls uptown in New Orleans during the Krewe of Thoth parade. The Krewe of Mid-City is the fifth oldest continuously parading organization of the New Orleans Mardi Gras season, according to the group’s Web site.
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Feb. 19, 2012
Actor Will Ferrell reigns as Bacchus XLIV for the Krewe of Bacchus parade on Napoleon Avenue in New Orleans. Ferrell has been in New Orleans since November, filming a movie recently renamed "The Campaign." His appearance in the parade was his way of saying goodbye to the city of New Orleans.
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Feb. 21, 2012
Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Alban's Parish, flips a pancake while racing during Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, celebrations at Washington National Cathedral in Northwest Washington. Pancake racers use frying pans to flip a cake three times while running against fellow competitors. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday, is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian season of Lent.
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Feb. 21, 2012
A young competitor loses his pancake while running during the annual Washington National Cathedral Pancake Race in the District. The cathedral hosted the annual Pancake Races, dubbed "Shake, Rattle & Race,” during Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, to mark the last day before the beginning of Lent.
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Feb. 21, 2012
A competitor loses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at Washington National Cathedral in Northwest Washington. Pancake racers use frying pans to flip a cake three times while running about 30 yards against fellow competitors.
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Feb. 21, 2012
Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Alban's Parish, hoists his gold-painted syrup bottle after winning a pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at Washington National Cathedral.
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Feb. 21, 2012
Gilles, or the principal participants in the Carnival of Binche, are dressed in traditional costume during the Carnival of Binche in Binche, Belgium.
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Feb. 17, 2012
Sean, left, and Katie Northey dance in front of Arnaud's Restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans celebrating the Mardi Gras season.
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Feb. 20, 2012
Actress Hilary Swank walks to her float in the staging area before the start of a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
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Feb. 20, 2012
The Treme Brass Band leads the Red Beans and Rice Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
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Feb. 20, 2012
Cyndi Lauper heads to her awaiting Mardi Gras float in the 2012 Krewe of Orpheus Parade in New Orleans.
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Feb. 18, 2012
The captain's float rolls down Orleans Avenue under rainy skies as the 2,510 members of the Krewe of Endymion present a 27-float parade titled "Happily Ever After" in New Orleans.
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Feb. 16, 2012
A reveler with the Mystic Stripers tosses beads into the crowds gathered on Royal Street in Mobile, Ala. The pre-Lenten blowout continues along the Gulf Coast culminating in Fat Tuesday celebrations on Feb. 21. Tourism leaders estimate more than a million visitors pour into the Mobile area each Mardi Gras season to watch the festivities.
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Feb. 18, 2012
Shea Mitchell, Lucy Chism, Maggie Ximenes and Kori Mascheck scream for beads at the Tremont House during the Knights of Momus Grand Night Parade during Mardi Gras season in Galveston, Tex.
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Feb. 20, 2012
A Mardi Gras float in the 2012 Krewe of Proteus Parade in New Orleans.
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Feb. 20, 2012
Members of the 610 Stompers performance troupe perform during the 2012 Krewe of Orpheus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
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Feb. 17, 2012
Amanda Sheaffer and her daughter Emma, 2, collect beads during the Krewe of Babalu’s seventh annual All Krewe Parade during Mardi Gras season in Galveston, Tex. The party continued despite intermittent heavy rains throughout the evening.
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Feb. 18, 2012
Mardi Gras revelers try to stay dry as heavy rains fall near the start of the Krewe of Endymion parade in New Orleans. The parade was postponed for over an hour because of weather conditions.
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Feb. 18, 2012
Misted in smoke, riders toss beads into the crowd on Orleans Avenue during the Krewe of Endymion’s "Happily Ever After" parade in New Orleans.
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