Rex Proclaims 2012 Mardi Gras Poster New Orleans (Signed & Numbered)
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Rex Proclaims 2012 Mardi Gras Poster New Orleans (Signed & Numbered):
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Rex(founded 1872) is aNew OrleansCarnivalKrewewhich stages one of the city\'s most celebrated parades onMardi GrasDay. Rex isLatinfor \"King\", and Rex reigns as \"The King of Carnival\".
Rex parade float on Napoleon Avenue, mid 1990sRex was organized by New Orleans businessmen in part to put on a spectacle in honor of the New Orleans visit ofGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia(remembered locally as \"Grand Duke Alexis\") during the 1872 Carnival season. Also in the minds of the founders of Rex was the desire to lure tourism and business to New Orleans in the years after theAmerican Civil War.
The Rex parade is put on by an organization calledThe School of Design.
One member of the Rex Organization is each year chosen to be the monarch of the organization; he is often incorrectly referred to by the (technically redundant) phrase \"King Rex\". The correct title is simply \"Rex\". The identity of Rex is made public on Lundi Gras, the day before Mardi Gras. Rex is always a prominent person in the city, one who is usually involved in several philanthropic and civic causes. Being chosen Rex is one of the highest civic honors a person can receive in New Orleans. The Mayor of New Orleans traditionally hands over a symbolicKey to the Cityof New Orleans to Rex for Mardi Gras Day.
A consort is also chosen each year for Rex, and she is titled the \"Queen of Carnival\". The queen is always a debutante of the current season. Like Rex, the queen is chosen in the spring of the previous year, and must keep her identity secret until Lundi Gras.
Traditionally, the secretive membership was restricted to New Orleans residents of European ancestry for most of its history, including the first Rex, Louis Solomon a Jewish businessman. However, in 1991 the New Orleans city council passed an ordinance that required social organizations, including Mardi Gras Krewes, to certify publicly that they did not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, in order to obtain parade permits and other public licensure. In effect, the ordinance required these, and other, private social groups to abandon their traditional code of secrecy and identify their members for the city\'s Human Relations Commission. The Comus organization (along with Momus and Proteus, other 19th century Krewes) withdrew from parading rather than identify its membership. Rex decided to comply with the new ordinance, rather than disappear from the main event of Mardi Gras Day. Two federal courts later declared that the ordinance was an unconstitutional infringement on First Amendment rights of free association, and an unwarranted intrusion on the privacy of the groups subject to the ordinance. The decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals appears at volume 42, page 1483 of theFederal Reporter(3rd Series), or 42 F.3d 1483 (5th Cir. 1995). The Supreme Court refused to hear the city\'s appeal from this decision. Despite this, the other legendary krewes have not returned to the streets to parade. (Proteus later returned in 2000) The Rex organization and the Mistick Krewe of Comus still hold their annual balls together on Mardi Gras night.
Mardi GrasFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about the carnival. For other uses, seeMardi Gras (disambiguation).Mardi Gra, CarnivalCelebrations inNew Orleans, USAAlso calledFat Tuesday, Shrove TuesdayTypeChristian, CulturalSignificanceCelebration prior to fasting season ofLentCelebrationsParades, partiesDateDay before Ash Wednesday, 47 days beforeEaster2015dateFebruary 172016dateFebruary 92017dateFebruary 28FrequencyAnnualRelatedtoShrove Tuesday;Carnival,Shrove Monday,Ash Day
Mardi Gras(/ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/), also calledShrove Tuesday,[1]orFat Tuesday,[2][3][4][5][6]inEnglish, refers to events of theCarnivalcelebrations, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of theEpiphany(Three King\'s Day) and culminating on the day beforeAsh Wednesday.Mardi GrasisFrenchfor \"Fat Tuesday\", reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of theLentenseason.
Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with thepenitentialseason of Lent. In countries such asEngland, Mardis Gras is also known asShrove Tuesday, which is derived from the wordshrive, meaning \"confess\".[1]
Contents[hide]- 1Traditions
- 2Belgium
- 3Brazil
- 4Colombia
- 5Germany
- 6Italy
- 7Netherlands
- 8Sweden
- 9United States
- 10See also
- 11References
- 12External links
Popular practices on Mardi Gras include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, debauchery, etc. Similar expressions to Mardi Gras appear in other European languages sharing the Christian tradition, as it is associated with the religious requirement for confession before Lent begins. In many areas, the term \"Mardi Gras\" has come to mean the whole period of activity related to the celebratory events, beyond just the single day. In some American cities, it is now called \"Mardi Gras Day\".[2][3][4][5][6]It also has become asingle people\'s counter to the couple-centricValentine\'s Day.[6]
The festival season varies from city to city, as some traditions consider Mardi Gras the entire period betweenEpiphanyorTwelfth Nightand Ash Wednesday.[7]Others treat the final three-day period before Ash Wednesday as the Mardi Gras.[8]InMobile,Alabama, Mardi Gras-associated social events begin in November, followed bymystic societyballs onThanksgiving,[7][9]then New Year\'s Eve, followed by parades and balls in January and February, celebrating up to midnight beforeAsh Wednesday. In earlier times, parades were held on New Year\'s Day.[7]Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebrations includeRio de Janeiro;Barranquilla, Colombia;Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago;Quebec City, Canada;MazatlánandSinaloa, Mexico;New Orleans, Louisiana; andMobile, Alabama
Carnival is an important celebration inAnglicanandCatholicEuropean nations.[1]In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the week before Ash Wednesday is called \"shrovetide\", ending on Shrove Tuesday. It has its popular celebratory aspects, as well. Pancakes are a traditional food. Pancakes and related fried breads or pastries made with sugar, fat, and eggs are also traditionally consumed at this time in many parts of Latin America and theCaribbean.
Mardi Gras inDakar, SenegalMardi Gras inMarseille, FranceMardi Gras inBinche, BelgiumBelgium[edit]In the Belgian city ofBinche, theMardi Grasfestival is one of the most important days of the year and the summit of theCarnival of Binche. Around 1000Gillesdance throughout the city from morning until past dusk, whilst traditional carnival songs play. In 2003, the \"Carnival of Binche\" was proclaimed one of theMasterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of HumanitybyUNESCO.
Brazil[edit]Main article:Brazilian CarnivalCarnivalis the most famous Brazilian holiday. During this time, Brazil attracts 70% of its tourists. Variations in carnival celebrations are observed throughout the multitude of Brazilian cities. Yet, a commonality observed among them is the incorporation ofsambainto the celebrations. ThesouthEastern citiesof Brazil have massive parades that take place in largesambadromes. Thelargest carnival celebrationin Brazil and the world occurs inRio de Janeiro, where two million people celebrate in the city. The city of Salvador also holds alarge carnival celebration.
Colombia[edit]Main article:Barranquilla\'s CarnivalCarnaval de Barranquillais Colombia\'s Mardi Gras celebration. In 2003, it was proclaimed as one of theMasterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of HumanitybyUNESCO.
Germany[edit]Main articles:Karneval, FaschingandFastnachtThe celebration on the same day inGermanyknows many different terms, such asSchmutziger DonnerstagorFetten Donnerstag(Fat Thursday),Unsinniger Donnerstag,Weiberfasching,Greesentagand others, and are often only one part of the whole carnival events during one or even two weeks before Ash Wedensday be calledKarneval, Fasching, orFastnachtamong others, depending on the region. InStandard German,schmutzigmeans \"dirty\", but in the Alemannic dialectsschmotzigmeans \"lard\" (Schmalz), or \"fat\";[10]\"Greasy Thursday\", as remaining winter stores of lard and butter used to be consumed at that time, before the fasting began.Fastnachtmeans \"Eve of the Fast\", but all three terms cover the whole carnival season. The traditional start of the carnival season is on November 11 at 11:11am (11/11 11:11).
Italy[edit]InItalyMardi Gras is called Martedì Grasso (Fat Tuesday). It\'s the main day ofCarnivalalong with the Thursday before, called Giovedí Grasso (Fat Thursday), which ratifies the start of the celebrations. The most famousCarnivalsin Italy are in Venice, Viareggio and Ivrea. Ivrea has the characteristic \"Battle of Oranges\" that finds its roots in medieval times. Italy is the birthplace of Carnival celebrations, having its origins in the ancient Roman festival ofSaturnalia. The Italian version of the festival is spelled Carnevale.[11]
Netherlands[edit]Main article:carnival in the NetherlandsTheNetherlandsalso has a festival similar to Mardi Gras. It\'s calledCarnavaland is similar to the Venice Carnival. The origin of the word Carnaval is \'carnem levare\' which means \"to take away meat\" inLatin. It marks the beginning of lent leading up toEaster.
Thecarnival in the Netherlandsis mainly held in the southern part of the Netherlands in the provinces ofNoord-BrabantandLimburg, some parts ofZeelandand in Eastern parts ofTwenteandGelderland. As with many popular festivals, people tend to loosen some moral codes and become laid-back or loose, which is based in the ancient role-reversal origins of Carnaval, including dressing in costumes.
Sweden[edit]InSwedenthe celebration is calledFastan, when you eat fastlagsbulle, also calledFettisdagsbulle. That name comes from the words \"fett\" (fat) and \"tisdag\" (Tuesday). Originally, this was the only day one should eatfastlagsbullar.[12]
United States[edit]Mardi Gras 2010 celebrants in the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the traditional colors of purple, green, gold, and especially whiteSee also:Mardi Gras in the United States,Mardi Gras in MobileandNew Orleans Mardi GrasWhile not observed nationally throughout the United States, a number of traditionally ethnic French cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations. Mardi Gras arrived in North America as aFrench Catholictradition with the Le Moyne brothers,[13]Pierre Le Moyne d\'IbervilleandJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century, whenKing Louis XIVsent the pair to defend France\'s claim on the territory ofLouisiane, which included what are now the U.S. states ofAlabama,Mississippi,Louisianaand part of EasternTexas.[13]
The expedition, led by Iberville, entered the mouth of theMississippi Riveron the evening of March 2, 1699,Lundi Gras. They did not yet know it was the river explored and claimed for France byRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Sallein 1683. The party proceeded upstream to a place on the east bank about 60 miles downriver from whereNew Orleansis today, and made camp. This was on March 3, 1699, Mardi Gras, so in honor of this holiday, Iberville named the spotPoint du Mardi Gras(French: \"Mardi Gras Point\") and called the nearby tributary Bayou Mardi Gras.Bienvillewent on to found the settlement ofMobile, Alabamain 1702 as the first capital of French Louisiana.[14]In 1703 French settlers in Mobile established thefirst organized Mardi Grascelebration tradition in what was to become the United States.[13][15][16][17]The first informalmystic society, orkrewe, was formed in Mobile in 1711, theBoeuf Gras Society.[15]By 1720,Biloxihad been made capital of Louisiana. The French Mardi Gras customs had accompanied the colonists who settled there.[13]
Knights of Revelry parade down Royal Street in Mobile during the 2010 Mardi Gras season.In 1723, the capital of Louisiana was moved toNew Orleans, founded in 1718.[14]The first Mardi Gras parade held in New Orleans is recorded to have taken place in 1837. The tradition in New Orleans expanded to the point that it became synonymous with the city in popular perception, and embraced by residents of New Orleans beyond those of French or Catholic heritage. Mardi Gras celebrations are part of the basis of the slogan,Laissez les bons temps rouler, (Let the good times roll).[13][not in citation given]Other cities along the Gulf Coast with early French colonial heritage, fromPensacola, Florida;Galveston, Texas; toLafayette, Louisiana; and north toNatchez, Mississippi, have active Mardi Gras celebrations in balls. In the ruralAcadianaarea, manyCajunscelebrate with theCourir de Mardi Gras, a tradition that dates to medieval celebrations in France.[18]The American rock bandCreedence Clearwater Revivalcreated a project in 1972 called Mardi Gras
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