{"id":6926,"date":"2015-08-29T10:45:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T16:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=6926"},"modified":"2015-08-29T10:45:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T16:45:37","slug":"a-closer-look-into-the-mardi-gras-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2015\/08\/29\/a-closer-look-into-the-mardi-gras-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look Into The Mardi Gras Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>MARDI GRAS IS COMING TO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacountyfair.com\/_flat\/www.lacountyfair.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">LA COUNTY FAIR<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6931\" title=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1041-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We know everyone loves a good party, so you are all cordially invited to this year\u2019s Mardi Gras celebration at the one and only <strong>Flower &amp; Garden Pavilion!<\/strong><br \/>\nThis morning I met with Jim Hynd, our Floral Coordinator, and he not only gave me a tour of the building, but he also taught me a lot about what Mardi Gras actually is.<br \/>\nHere are a few of the things I learned from Jim:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mardi Gras literally means &#8220;Fat Tuesday&#8221; in French. This is very fitting since the holiday is for celebrating and eating A LOT!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New Orleans is known as the birthplace of Jazz. Therefore, Jazz has been embedded in the Mardi Gras theme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6930\" title=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1031-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mardi Gras is celebrated on the days leading up to Ash Wednesday \u2013 which is the beginning of Lent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New Orleans has the biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>During this party, people host and attend countless number of parades &amp; balls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You always need a King and Queen! Think back to when you were in high school and had to vote for a Homecoming King &amp; Queen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6928\" title=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1011-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cofficial\u201d colors for Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green. However, many people like to add red, yellow and blue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6934\" title=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1071-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorful beaded necklaces are an absolute must! This is why you\u2019ll see hundreds of these at our Flower and Garden Pavilion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Last but not least, let\u2019s talk about FOOD! During this historical celebration, King Cakes are baked and stuffed with small plastic baby figurines. Seems pretty unusual, right? Well, there is a purpose to all of the madness\u2026those who get the slice of cake with the baby are responsible for baking\/purchasing the next cake!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6929\" title=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1021-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After seeing what we have in store for you, we hope you are just as excited as we are! We guarantee that this will be one mind bending experience!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you ever been to a Mardi Gras celebration?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What are you most excited to see at this year&#8217;s Fair?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARDI GRAS IS COMING TO LA COUNTY FAIR! We know everyone loves a good party, so you are all cordially invited to this year\u2019s Mardi Gras celebration at the one and only Flower &amp; Garden Pavilion! This morning I met with Jim Hynd, our Floral Coordinator, and he not only gave me a tour of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,11,12,14],"tags":[427,564,614,708,801,870],"class_list":["post-6926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attractions","category-entertainment","category-fairnews","category-flower-garden","category-funatthefair","tag-flower-garden-pavilion","tag-jazz","tag-la-county-fair","tag-lacf","tag-mardi-gras","tag-new-orleans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}