Happy Mardis Gras

Alex · 02-05-2008, 09:59 AM

Just like I refuse to go up the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas until after I've been up the real one in Paris I refuse to participate in Mardi Gras-style parties until I've done it for real in New Orleans.

Sadly, since Lani has been there, done that, and has absolutely no interest in ever being within 500 miles of it again, that probably isn't going to happen.

€uroMeinke · 02-05-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Just like I refuse to go up the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas until after I've been up the real one in Paris I refuse to participate in Mardi Gras-style parties until I've done it for real in New Orleans.

Sadly, since Lani has been there, done that, and has absolutely no interest in ever being within 500 miles of it again, that probably isn't going to happen.

But Mardis Gras/Carnival/Fasching is celebrated in other places besides New Orleans - that's just the closest.

Perhaps a samba is more in line for you?

Alex · 02-05-2008, 11:59 AM

Yes, but I'm also not Catholic so for the same reason I mostly ignore Christmas (despite its secularization) I also am inclined to ignore Fat Tuesday despite its secularization unless I go to a home of it (similarly, if I were in the Vatican at Christmas I'd strongly consider polite attendance at a Christmas mass).

When and if I ever do participate in such things I want it to have more of a connection to the root causes and history than simply "rocking party! show me your boobs!" Which is all it is for most people, otherwise they'd be participating in Ash Wednesday as well (I know dozens of people going to Mardi Gras parties, I don't know hardly anybody seriously participating in Lent).

I don't mind other people doing it, it just doesn't interest me. It is of more interest anthropologically than participatorally. Once I get the unadulterated anthropology then I'll be more open to the simple participatory (as with possibly going up the Vegas Eiffel Tower).

02-05-2008, 09:59 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Just like I refuse to go up the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas until after I've been up the real one in Paris I refuse to participate in Mardi Gras-style parties until I've done it for real in New Orleans. Sadly, since Lani has been there, done that, and has absolutely no interest in ever being within 500 miles of it again, that probably isn't going to happen.
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02-05-2008, 11:59 AM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yes, but I'm also not Catholic so for the same reason I mostly ignore Christmas (despite its secularization) I also am inclined to ignore Fat Tuesday despite its secularization unless I go to a home of it (similarly, if I were in the Vatican at Christmas I'd strongly consider polite attendance at a Christmas mass). When and if I ever do participate in such things I want it to have more of a connection to the root causes and history than simply "rocking party! show me your boobs!" Which is all it is for most people, otherwise they'd be participating in Ash Wednesday as well (I know dozens of people going to Mardi Gras parties, I don't know hardly anybody seriously participating in Lent). I don't mind other people doing it, it just doesn't interest me. It is of more interest anthropologically than participatorally. Once I get the unadulterated anthropology then I'll be more open to the simple participatory (as with possibly going up the Vegas Eiffel Tower).
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