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Mardi Gras is an exciting and vibrant celebration of revelry and festivities originating in Europe and South America and celebrated in the United States in Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston Island, Texas. It is also known as Fat Tuesday or Carnival and is traditionally celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. During Mardi Gras, people celebrate by wearing costumes, throwing beads and trinkets, decorating floats, and eating King Cake. The first Mardi Gras in the United States was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama and its most famous public festivities occur in Brazil, Venice, and New Orleans. Galveston Island is home to the 3rd largest Mardi Gras Celebration in the United States and is an exciting and vibrant place to experience the traditions of the holiday.

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