"A float in the Zulu parade passes along Canal Street on <a class=""taxInlineTagLink"" id=""EVFES0000047"" title=""Mardi Gras"" href=""/topic/arts-culture/holidays/mardi-gras-EVFES0000047.topic"">Mardi Gras</a> day in <a class=""taxInlineTagLink"" id=""PLGEO100100101011265"" title=""New Orleans"" href=""/topic/us/louisiana/orleans-parish/new-orleans-PLGEO100100101011265.topic"">New Orleans</a>, La. Mardi Gras day, or Fat Tuesday, is a celebration the day before <a class=""taxInlineTagLink"" id=""EVFES0000049"" title=""Lent"" href=""/topic/religion-belief/christianity/lent-EVFES0000049.topic"">Lent</a> begins on the Christain calender."
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