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Display of Beauty and celebration - Haiti Kanaval 2015

Display of Beauty and celebration - Haiti Kanaval 2015

Display of Beauty and celebration - Haiti Kanaval 2015

"Mardi Gras" is a Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon that dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, dominated by Roman Catholic populations-on the day before the religious season of Lent begins. It is the day before the Ash Wednesday when the Christian puts a mark of ashes in the form of a cross on their forehead as a mark of repentance. Along with Christianity, Mardi Gras spread from Rome to other countries. Brazil, New Orleans and Venice play host to some of the holiday's most famous public festivities, drawing thousands of tourists and revelers every year. The first official Mardi Gras parade in the United States was held in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 under the French rule. Parades of Mardi Gras are organized by members of some private organizations, termed as 'Krewe'. Each Mardi Gras Parade Krewe has own history, tradition and themes, but with some common practices. Each parade must have floats, the designs and decoration of them take thousands hours of preparation and work. Elaborate, colorful parade floats are inseparable part of celebrating Madri Gras. Floats are mobile platforms on trucks, each extravagantly decorated to depict one subject related to the parade's theme of the year.

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