France
The other name for Mardi Gras in France
What is Carnival?
Preparations for the celebration begin this far in advance.
What is weeks-months in adavance?
Foods (desserts) made in France for Mardi Gras?
What is beignets, bugnes, and fritures?
This persons parades meant festivities could be seen by the general public.
Who is Krewes?
Creole people made food contributions such as these items to Mardi Gras food.
What is gumbo, herbs & spices, and sauces?
These roles can switch with the cotumes.
What is poor-kings/queens and men-women?
Handmade costumes can cost up to this number.
What is $3,000?
Cake made in New Orleans with a charm on it.
What is a king's cake?
The celebration color scheme are these three colors.
What is purple, green, and gold?
Who qualifies as Creole?
What is the first generation of French, Spanish, and African descent born in the U.S?
Children will do this for Mardi Gras.
What is come to school dressed up?
Most men wear this during the celebration instead of costumes.
What is a suit?
The year the King's Cake came to New Orleans.
What is the 1940s?
During this era costumes were a way for revelers who were officially excluded from festivities to join in on the celebration.
What is the Jim Crow era?
These groups are part of the Creole People today.
Who are french speaking african americans, descendants of slaves, and free people of color.
The most famous carnival is in this French city.
Where is Nice?
People buy floats that can cost up to this number to build and decorate.
What is $100,000?
The placement of the charm on a New Orleans King Cake?
Where is the outside of the cake?
People throw this item off of the floats to spectators during the celebration.
What are beads?
This man is a creole preservationist.
Who is Melvin Caeser?
Fot this number centuries the French Mardi Gras celebration was the biggest in the world.
What is five centuries?
This popular musician plays music for the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration.
Who is Irvin Mayfield?
Bakeries can make up to this number of King's Cakes a day.
What is 50 cakes a day?
In france they throw this item at the spectators during the celebration.
What are flowers form the flower competition?
Creoles learned to make do with these items.
What is scraps of food?