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Mardi Gras in Mobile

Event Listings

The Mobile Mardi Gras season begins in November with only certain parts companies hidden mystics and New Year balls. She became closely linked to social rookie season for some families. Other companies events Start mystical Twelfth Night (Jan. 6), with parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties.

Over the last two weeks before Mardi Gras, at least one major parade takes place every day in the city. The largest parade and more sophisticated place the last day of the season. In the last week of Mardi Gras, many events large and small occur throughout Mobile and the surrounding communities (see calendar events).

The parades are organized primarily by the troops of mobile carnival or commands. Krewe float riders throwing at people. The most common are strings of plastic beads launches duplicate color (the parts in aluminum or wooden dollar companies generally impressed by a logo Brotherhood) wrapped candy / snacks / Moonpies decorated plastic cups, stuffed animals and other small cheap toys. Mayor comparsas on schedule and the same parade route each year.

For mobility, "Mardi Gras" refers to the festival season, which are also known as Carnival. Local schools have many Mardi Gras Holiday "(which may include the Ash Wednesday), with the final Saturday called "Fat Tuesday" or Mardi Gras. Mobile's diverse culture and Mardi Gras season has been extended. traditions of the region learned from its history, including Spanish, British, Africans, Creoles, Americans and even Swedish influences.

History

A Festival Mardi Gras type was led to the founding of the mobile by French settlers of Louisiana French and Catholic celebration Mardi Gras was part of the preparation on Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. The first record of the festival is marked in the United States is 3 March 1699 a campsite along the Mississippi Delta. After the construction of Fort Louis de la Mobile (17001702), the settlers celebrated Mardi Gras in Mobile in 1703, beginning an annual tradition, canceled once because of the war.

Mobile was the capital of Louisiana in 1702, but became Columbia 1763. Land later became part of Spanish West Florida (17801812). Carnival (Carnival) has begun the Epiphany (January 6) torchlight processions.

Mardi Gras has evolved over the centuries in the field of mobile, combining tradition and culture with new ideas. Mardi Gras French came in North America with the founding of French immigrants, the Le Moyne brothers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville: in the last 17th century, King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiana, which included the present states of the United States Alabama and Louisiana.

The two explorers came across Dauphin Island (Alabama), surf the mouth of the river Mississippi (designed by Robert Cavelier de La Salle, 1682), sailing upstream, and March 3, 1699, held, naming the site Point du Mardi Gras (French: "Mardi Gras Point) 60 miles downstream from the wilderness that would become New Orleans 20 years later. Meanwhile, between 17001702, 21 Bienville founded the settlement of Mobile (Alabama) the first capital of French Louisiana, and in 1703, the American Mardi Gras tradition began with the annual celebration French mobile. Party and Mardi Gras in Mobile called Beef Fat (beef fat). The masked ball, Masque of the phone, was launched in 1704, and the parade first became known in 1711, when "Boeuf Gras Mobile Company" ("fatty meat from the company), with Mardi Gras Parade 16 men pushing a cart carrying a board of health of the mother cow big head.

Field moved to Mississippi Territory in 1812, Territory of Alabama in 1817, and the state of Alabama in 1819

In 1720, he became the second capital in Biloxi of Louisiana, and also celebrated French customs. Due to fears of tides and hurricanes in 1723, the capital was moved inland ports 1718 and founded called "New Orleans (New Orleans). The city has also become a celebration of Mardi Gras.

In 1763, Mobile came under British control. Its restrictions on free blacks and racial segregation caused many natives to leave mobile and West Move to New Orleans. In 1780, Spain has taken mobile control zone following the American Revolution. The celebration of Carnival custom built Spanish Torchlight parades, on Twelfth Night (Jan. 6, also known as the Epiphany.) In 1813, Mobile has become a city of the United States, including Mississippi Territory. In 1817 he was part of the Alabama Territory. In the Episcopal Church and Anglican traditions, the day before Ash Wednesday, has Mardi Gras was celebrated as marked by the rich food consumption before the fasting of Lent.

cowbell (hanging neck) and on behalf of the Company Rakin Cowbellion

About 11 years later became the State of Alabama (1819), a group of revelers, headed Michael Krafft, who has probably been influenced by traditions of Pennsylvania Swedish to celebrate New Year's Eve is awake whole new year, began a parade in the morning of January 1, 1831, making noise with bells, hoes and rakes. The group became the Parade first mystical society (or "Krewe"), calling itself the Cowbellion Rakin Society, in a parody of the French language. Eva had annual parades of each new year. Almost 125 years after the first parade in 1711 Mobile, Mobile new mystique, the Cowbellion Rakin Society (1830), had its parade in New Orleans, 1835. In 1838, residents of New Orleans in the habit of "organizing European final day of Carnival procession of masked figures in the streets. "

In 1843, men who had been rejected formed by members Cowbell mobile "Strikers Independent Society" with its own parade of new year. However, other men formed the Cowbell Mobile New Orleans in 1850, and in 1857, the company Cowbellion, Mistick Krewe of Comus renamed held its first parade Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Le Boeuf Gras Society (17111861) held its Mardi Gras parade seen in 1861, before the Civil War, then disbanded.

Joe Cain Slacabamorinico

In 1867, after the war between the States, Joe Cain revived Mardi Gras parades in Mobile boarding a coal car decorated with six colleagues veterans. This event is organized every year with Joe Cain Day (1966) and a parade on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. The founder event, artist and historian Julian Lee "Judy" Rayford, made the "Boss" and in 1970 gave the characteristics the third SLAC "old" firefighter JB "Red" Foster. Prtrayed promote the "Boss" to move the 1985 has a historian, professional Public Relations and pastor, Mr. Dean Bennett Wayne Dean, like the old SLAC IV "hisself", celebrated its 25th anniversary under the pen of Joe Cain day 2010.

conditions of war, economic, political, and weather conditions sometimes led to the cancellation of all or part of the parade important, especially during the Civil War and the Second World War. The city has always observed a celebration of Mardi Gras.

Today many mystic societies operate under one corporate structure, membership is in principle open to any person who pays his dues a place where a parade of floats. In contrast, membership in traditional societies social club mystical secret lists. members a popularizer in a society may be grounds for dismissal. Some of the new mystic societies to actively recruit potential members. Some companies older workers is limited, waiting lists numbering in the hundreds, and other members to restrict students from selected schools or other agreements.

The oldest company in the myths Order parade Mobile, founded in 1868. Its emblem is to continue the madness of death in the game of life pillar, a symbol of Mardi Gras in Mobile. Other companies Mystic Knights of the notables include the party with your dance Madness on the edge of a large glass of champagne, Comic Cowboys Infant Mystics, Mystics time Crewe of Columbus, Mystic Stripers Society, Order of the Inca and Conde Cavaliers. Ladies companies are the order of moles (OOP), the oldest and largest Ladies Mobile, prostitutes (MOM), mystical respectful rivals took to the streets following the object-oriented programming in 1950. mystical company of other women who have a name for themselves include the partnership with the grammatically incorrect name, order of (sic Lash.), Order of Athena from the Mardi Gras parade and the Daughters of Neptune. Each of these companies have brought something the plot of Mobile Mardi Gras tradition.

Traditional Colors

The traditional color with metallic sheen.

Meaning Color

Justice (purple)

Fe (green)

Power (gold)

Traditional colors Mardi Gras in Mobile are purple and gold. Purple has been associated with actual monarchies in Europe, and is the liturgical color used during Lent in Christianity. Many people have built a mobile third color green color can New Orleans traditional purple, green and gold, the Russian House of Romanov in 1872, when the Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovich Romanov, brother of the heir to the throne Russia had accepted the invitation to attend the New Orleans Mardi Gras, with celebrations in his honor.

After Hurricane Katrina

Mobile, Alabama: the flood waters reached the city several meters from the federal courthouse during Hurricane Katrina, four months before Mardi Gras 2006.

Since much of the coast Gulf, many moving parts have been flooded due to heavy storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina in the summer of 2005. Moving Center flooded several feet deep, including the parade route downtown. Despite these difficulties, just the roads have been allowed to continue the celebrations of Mardi Gras and Mobile had the largest Mardi Gras in its history after the storm. Mardi Gras in Mobile is always popular and local traditions of tourism, with strong turn out. The recent season of Mardi Gras 2007 in Mobile gathered nearly 0.9 million people, with estimates Police overall aid to 878 000 105 600 and a multitude of streets in the late Fat Tuesday.

Contemporary Mardi Gras

Each year Mardi Gras (or Carnival) season starts events with three main parties in the November International Carnival Ball and the Camellia Ball, Eve and January 6 also known as "Twelfth Night" or the Feast of the Epiphany. In mobile, the parade of the season usually begins three weekends before Mardi Gras Day Parade with the Conde Cavaliers.

Based on two Fridays before Mardi Gras, there are usually at least one parade every night. The Wednesday before Mardi Gras is reserved as a rain "out" for a day or more of previous shows are affected by climate.

Mardi Gras in Mobile: the Order of the myths of 2007 tracks float.

The weekend before Mardi Gras

take several days of parades of Mardi Gras. On Sunday (before Mardi Gras), Joe Cain Day celebrations are held. In recent years, riders have included a track and Joe Cain procession also known as "People's Parade, as it was, joining the parade does not require a mystical society membership. It is still led by President Slacabamorinico "hisself" now embodied by the fourth person in the history of the use long carnival town characteristics of "Chief." Patronas is surrounded by mourning Joe Cain, followed by red and weeping black bustier Cain.

Lundi Gras

The Monday before Ash Wednesday is known as "Lundi Gras" (Fat Tuesday), after the French tradition of eating well today and Tuesday in the preparation of dietary restrictions during Lent. In Mobile, Lundi Gras is traditionally a family day out. Schools closed Monday and the two Mardi Gras. At noon, the Mobile Carnival Association Floral Parade takes place, with the area schools and public providers Parish floats and young riders. The Optimist Club hosts a family-oriented halfway near Fort Conde, rides, food, games and activities. Lundi Gras is also one day for king cakes and family reunions to Mobile.

As is tradition, after other parades, society mystique of the Child held its annual parade after 6:00 Monday night in downtown Mobile.

Annual events are displayed in the program Event Tuesday Monday Gras 2009

Events on Monday, February 23 (2009):

11:00 Arrival of King Felix III (king Mobile named Carnival), the Government of St.

24:00 Felix III and Floral Parade Parade

Martin Luther King 3:00 p.m. Business and Civic Organization Parade (rolls on Route D)

3:30 p.m. Monday Martin Luther King Mystics Parade (rolls on Route D)

4:00 p.m. Northside Merchants Parade (rolls on Route D)

Mystics 6:30 p.m. Children's Parade

Mardi Gras

The celebrations start at the beginning of Mardi Gras. At the center, the long parade organized by the Order of Athena rolls first, followed by the Cowboys cartoon, founded in 1884. The evening ends with a spectacular parade of floats decorated with bright night a topic chosen by the College of myths. Each parade follows a path defined so that viewers can plan care in particular along the streets and balconies.

Order of Myths 2007 parade, emblem float

Some parades are long and circular so that viewers can walk into a place of vision and capture more second release as "the water back circle. time permits to see more performance as well.

Fat Tuesday to plan events for Mardi Gras 2009 is as follows:

Events Tuesday, February 24, 2009:

Fat Tuesday! (Always the day before Ash Wednesday)

10:30 am Order of Athena Parade

Knights of Revelry Parade 24:30

1:00 pm Parade of King Felix III

13:30 Parade Comic Cowboys

2:00 p.m. Space Mobile Mardi Gras Association (rolls on Route B)

6:30 p.m. Order of Myths Parade (rolls on Route C)

Numerous smaller parades and walking clubs parade through the city.

The end of Mardi Gras

Right on the stroke of midnight at the end of Fat Tuesday, leaving all the festivities of Mardi Gras, as is the beginning of Lent. The city quickly cleans the streets the next day. Local traditions Welcome accounts with Mardi Gras for Lent. Catholics and other Christians observe often rites of Lent, give up certain foods as or assume the obligations of charity during the season of repentance.

Costumes and masks

OOM float tracks.

Madness: Order of Myths of 2007

In the days before Shrove Tuesday (except holidays), people that do not belong to a mystical society rarely wear costumes and masks in public. Sometimes, the public can wear costumes or masks of Mardi Gras day. Most people dress to be attractive, enjoying the outdoors and the opportunity to socialize with others.

mystical members of society have elaborate costumes that reflect the theme of its parade, ball or float. Costumes are custom-made hats or headdresses, Although some companies are not required. More traditional troupes require pilots to wear a mask that is sufficient to hide the identity of the rider. overcutting mask or removal of the mask at any time during the parade grounds for the rejection of certain companies. Some companies also require that members have mystical masks on the ball of the company (usually held the night of his show).

Since 1957, the public was allowed wearing masks Mardi Gras a few days from 9:00 to 9:00 p.m., or who are members of mystic societies. The limitation problems and masked robbers partnerships with damage caused by the Ku Klux Klan. (See below: The legal restrictions.)

Mardi Gras Mask

Marketing

There virtually no commercial advertising for mobile parades, because it was banned in 1935. The floats in a parade as several have been designed independent creations, but some companies mystics have considered the possibility of corporate sponsors.

Floats

Mardi Gras in Mobile: the Order of the myths of 2007 larvae float

Order of Myths, 2007: Death hunting Folly

The design, construction and decoration tanks Mardi Gras is a year-round in Mobile. Several businesses along the Gulf Coast no other work that the construction of tanks. More Mobile great Parade floats are designed to hold about 15 or 16 adult men and their plans. Rules of the city to provide the length, width and height floats, ensuring that the fleet can safely navigate the narrow streets and tight turns of Downtown Mobile.

Floaters are usually several levels, with a low, a higher level, and one or two seasons, mezzanine (usually near the back float). The chariot "captain" usually walks on the upper level, which allows him to see everyone on the float. For night parades floats, structures are wired for lighting, and a generator laptop is towed by the float to maintain power. Each float contains also some type of portable toilets. Although the street, a Mardi Gras float may resemble a delicate, fragile device, the reality is that they are very strong and can withstand a good rocking chair by the pilots.

Some of the most famous mobile fleet includes:

Order myths Emblem: Death hunting wild around the broken column of life (see photo).

Child mystic "The black cat, hissing, humping her back on a ball cotton.

Knights of Revelry Emblem: the crazy dance in the cup of life.

Child mystical Emblem: A black cat on a bale of cotton (the pillar of wealth prewar Mobile)

Mystics Vernadean time, Verna & Dean: Gigante, fire stocks and fleet smoke breathing dragon

two Stripers Company mystical sign over 40 feet of floats, a fierce and a "strong" Tiger, the other a stylish and "fast" Zebra.

Crewe of Columbus' Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria: Three coaches built to resemble famous ships Columbus.

Order the famous emblem of the Moon ", with three children with the wings of Pegasus Gold Chariot Gypsy Queen across the sky clouds enveloped

Order of Inca messengers and worshipers of the Sun: Some of the largest mobile structures in motion.

Conde Cavaliers Emblem: Swordsman points his sword into the mobile.

Band

Draw throw balls gift

For many parades of Mardi Gras in Mobile, members of companies on floats throw gifts the general public, as news of so-called, including plastic beads, coins, ounce of gold, decorated plastic cups, candy, packaged cakes / snacks, stuffed animals and small toys, soccer balls, frisbees, or whistles.

Mardi Gras throws have evolved over the years. At only 20 years, balls thrown by moving masks are small, cheap and little plastic pieces paid many masks attention to them. Today, the accounts may be the most expensive items in a list of masking shooting. In 1956, the first Moon Pies were thrown by children on the float Queens Parade Comic Cowboys. Moon Pies have become a staple of Mardi Gras in Mobile. Other elements who have succeeded in the history of Mardi Gras Mobile include Cracker Jacks (banned in 1972), confetti and candy unbagged. Maskers throwing candy today typically launch small bags of gum, kissing and other sweets. A The latest fashion attributed to members of the Order of the Inca was to throw packets of ramen noodles to the crowd. The packets of noodles are easy to start, and costs about the same or less than the moon pies.

Balls

plastic balls with metallic finish

members of society have produced chains cheap Mystic Account float participants parade at least since the late 19th century. Until the 1960s, the most common forms of necklaces were custom color small glass beads made in Czechoslovakia. They have been replaced by cheap, durable, plastic beads standard, mainly from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and more recently China. cereal with low prices allow riders to purchase greater quantities, therefore, have become more shots numerous and more common. However, elements of mass production have limited variety, and pearls are many in color, in bulk bags plant. This could lead to multiple necklaces of the same color is Released at the same time, instead of several colors.

In the 1990s, many have lost interest in beads, common, often leaving them where they had landed on Earth. Bigger, more elaborate, multicolored beads and chains with pictures of animals, people or other objects in the versions have become coveted. However, citing the rising cost of launches, masks are always buying and throwing balls of small diameter for the masses and save the more expensive designs to develop friends along the road.

Duplicates

One of the many plans Mardi Gras doubloons are parts of large sizes, plastic or metal, which are usually the colors of Mardi Gras. They are the emblem of the mystical society, the name and date of creation, on the one hand, and the subject and year parade and dance on the other side. Infantile Mystics were the first ones to start mobile mystical duplicates in the mid-1960s.

Mardi Gras doubloons are round like old Spanish doubloons (photo)

Duplicates thrown during the parade are low cost, the closure of the aluminum anodized. However, a thriving crafts developed for the production and collection of limited edition doubloons. As a means of raising funds, Many companies now offer limited edition doubloons minted in bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Other offers partitioned and varieties hand painted. Instead of being sealed, replacing these parts, as legal tender. The Risen Cowbellion which struck Rakin Society has become the rarest coins in the history of Mobile Carnival – the Belldallion – duplicates beaten on the road a bell.

plastic cups

In recent years, plastic glasses have been released. The Order of the Inca were the first fraternity to throw plastic cups stamped with the emblem and the theme of the parade and dance. Now, all companies in the city throws mystical question cups of its fleet. Also released Mardi Gras cups are generic, often with Mardi Gras dates for the coming seasons printed on them.

Snacks

Snacks are usually packaged, single serving food like a brownie cookie, cupcakes, a bag of peanuts, or a moon cake, a chocolate, banana or orange marshmallow ice cream cake. The snacks also threw several bags of pork rinds, including cookies. Other inputs ramen (a trend recent), dried fruit and bags of candy and gum.

Toys / Frisbees / football

A variety of plastic toys are thrown, such as water pistols, plastic hole, or straw whistle tube coasts. Plastic Frisbee Frisbee toys are usually small round disk, with less 8 inches (41 cm) in diameter. Small balls of soft plastic or foam floats were launched, often leads to spin when released as a full-size ball. Many are decorated with the company logo or initials.

forbidden moves

A number of items are prohibited throws parade in Mobile, based on safety or sexual restrictions, as defined in Article 49 of the Code Mobile City ( From February 10, 2004):

"It is unlawful for any person to throw the following elements of Mardi Gras parades of Mardi Gras floats: rubber balls, hard balls, baseball objects as treated wood, condoms or similar dolls entire building with explicit sexual organs, candy apples, ice cream or food boxes require freezing or refrigeration, canned foods, regardless that is food, trinkets, etc. Moon Pies, trinkets and other shots will be Released individually or in small quantities. "

All boxes are prohibited throws (also from February 2004), including "ground or empty" boxes.

King Cake: coffee cake, frosted sugar re-dyed.

Other traditions of Mardi Gras

King Cake

The first week of January begins King Cake season. The traditional King Cake is associated with the Epiphany, January 6 also known as Twelfth Night, when the British and Europeans celebrated Christmas for twelve days until tonight. The current version is a coffee cake, and is oblong and braided. The cake is a simple ice cream icing sugar and covered with purple, green and gold. Each cake contains a hidden wrist an inch. As usual, if you find the doll agrees to buy the next King Cake or throw the next King Cake party. In mobile, people throw away hundreds of parts King Cake every year, thousands and Thousands of cakes, buy and consume.

torches: Parade 2007 OOM

Carrier Torches

The torch (the torch flame) was a beacon for parade participants to better enjoy the spectacle of the night's festivities. In Mobile, night parades have been before the cons torch topped by flares (As might be placed in the street in a traffic accident the night).

A late 20th century, the hottest flames were replaced by electric lamps supplied by producers in the floats. The Order of Myths Parade (last night, Tuesday) is still using people carrying torches.

Mardi Gras Icons

Many of the images or phrases common during the season of Mardi Gras:

The traditional colors: purple / green / gold.

Mobile flag.

Mardi Gras official flags: The flags with the emblem of Mardi Gras special color;

signs or elements with the traditional colors: purple, green and gold

the faces of comedy and tragedy: the theater smiling and frowning eyebrows faces;

masks with feathers: the feathers on the edges joined in August;

Fleur de lys, symbol of France from the time Mobile was the capital of the French colony;

"Let the good times!" (French: "Let The Good Times Roll!)

"Throw me some thing, sir, "cried a spectator of the parade.

Moon Pie song, heard along the parade route as the crowd sang Moon Pie Pie! Moon! "

mystic societies

Main article: Mystic Society

A sort of mystic society began in 1704 Mobile, with the Societ of St. Louise founded by French soldiers at the fort of San Luis de la Mobile. The annual Mask of mobile telephony has been launched the same year. In 1830, a group of holding a parade in the morning, later became the Cowbellion Rakin Society as the first Krewe Parade, annual event with parades, processions and not just spontaneous, as was customary. The Cowbell dissolved in 1912 but has experienced a renaissance class in 1990 that the Company raised Cowbellion Rakin but said no direct relationship with its large greatgranddaddy.

Dozens of companies mystics have succeeded during the last three centuries in Mobile. Adherence was formed by affiliates, such as co-workers, single women, blacks, black women, Jews, married women, married couples, or free membership, including visitors.

There are over 40 companies Mobile mystic. Because many managed as secret societies, its impact on the political Mobile, businesses and activities Carnival is difficult to determine, but have been another means of social and political influence. Current notable companies listed mystics in the parade and schedule of events, described below (see the recent events and parades mystic).

Development mystic societies

Carnival in the mobile, including Mardi Gras is the last day, will begin in November and ends promptly at the stroke of midnight on Mardi Gras, with the beginning of Lent. dances of the company are held throughout the season for the first time in November, next to Before New Year Mobile mystic societies build colorful Carnival floats and parade in downtown throughout the season of Mardi Gras with members of the hidden gifts just society, known as Lance, spectators of the parade.

Mobile first celebrated Carnival in 1703 when French settlers Festivities began on the old mobile site. A mystical form of the company started in 1704 in Mobile, St. Louise de Societ, founded by French soldiers at Fort Saint-Louis de la Mobile, and later became another mobile phone company Carnival in 1711, the Boeuf Gras Society (Beef fat, 17111861). Mobile Cowbellion Rakin Society was the first formally organized and masked mystic society in the U.S. to celebrate with a parade, in 1830: the Cowbell started when an officer cotton Pennsylvania, Michael Krafft, began a parade with rakes, hoes, and cowbells. The Cowbell introduced carriages for parades in 1840 with a show called pagan gods and goddesses. Strikers Independent Society was founded in 1843 and is the oldest mystic society is the United States.

Carnival celebrations have been canceled mobile During the Civil War, however, the Mardi Gras parades have been taken over by Joe Cain in 1866, when he paraded through the streets in the car Mardi Gras, while disguised as fiction appointed Chief Slacabamorinico Chickasaw, irreverent celebration of the day in front of the military occupation troops Union. The Order of Myths, the oldest mystical society Mobile, which continues to parade, was founded in 1867 and held its first parade Mardi Gras night in 1868. Mystical Children also began to march on Mardi Gras night in 1868, but later moved their parade to Lundi Gras (Fat Tuesday). The Mobile Carnival Association of León was founded in 1871 to coordinate the events of Mardi Gras, though in 1872 the first Royal Court has held with the first king of Carnival, Emperor Felix I. Comic Cowboys Wragg Marsh was created in 1884 with their mission of satire and freedom of expression. The crew of Continental Mystic mystical society founded in 1890, was the first Jewish mystic society moving. The Order of doves mystic society was founded in 1894 and held its first Mardi Gras Ball. It was the first organized African American society Mobile mystic.

Mystics Child (1868), the second oldest company continues to show, first presented the electricity floating raft in 1929. Color Mobile Carnival Association was founded and its first parade in 1939 (later renamed Space Mobile Mardi Gras MAMGA Association) then installed the first African American Mardi Gras Court in 1940 with the coronation of King Elexis I and his queen. The Conde Cavaliers was founded in 1977 (March 1978) and hold the first show of the season, the parade halted on the eve of New Year Following the example of the little known and now defunct Krewe of Pan and the Apostles of societies made up of Apollo and the gay or lesbian in the city, the Order of Osiris held its first ball in 1980. It is now one of the most anticipated ball of the Carnival season and sought after invitation. Another gay society, the Brotherhood Adonis, celebrated his first ball of New Years Eve 1991, but left the social scene. The Mobile International Carnival Ball was held in 1993 all known Mobile mystic society in patronage. The year 2002 was celebrated with parades Mobile tercentenary representing all Mobile mystic societies.

Recent mystic parades and events

The schedule of parades and mystical events, listed below, reveals aspects of the salience of different troops in the Mobile Carnival season.

2009 Mardi Gras Zone:

Saturday, January 24

Parade 1:00 pm Krewe de la Dauphine (Dauphin Island)

Saturday, January 31

1:00 p.m. on the island mysticism (Dauphin Island Parade)

Friday, February 6

Condé Knights Parade 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 7

2:30 p.m. Bayport Parade Company

6:30 p.m. Parade of the Pharaohs (www.thepharaohs.org)

Conde Explorers Parade 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 12

Polka Parade 6:30 p.m. order of points

Friday, February 13

Parade 6:30 pm Order of the Inca (Www.orderofinca.com)

Saturday, February 14

Mobile Mystics Parade 2:00 p.m. (www.mobilemystics.com)

Maids Joy Parade 6:30 p.m.

7:00 pm Order of Butterfly Maidens Parade

7:30 pm Krewe of Marry Mates

Sunday, February 15

6:30 pm Parade Neptune's Daughter

Monday, February 16

Mobile Mystical Ladies Parade 6:30 p.m.

Order of Venus Parade 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 17

6:30 p.m. command (Lash sic). Parade

Thursday, February 19 (Wednesday is a day of rain)

Mystic Stripers Parade 6:30 pm Company

Friday, February 20

6:30 p.m. Columbus Day Parade Crewe

Saturday, February 21

12:00 Floral Parade twelve o'clock

Knights of Mobile Parade 24:30

1:00 p.m. Agenda Angels parade

6:00 pm The Mystics Parade Time

6:30 pm Coronation of Queen to King Felix III (Mobile Convention Center)

Sunday February 22

13:00 Arrival King Elexis I (at foot of Government Street)

2:30 pm Joe Cain Procession

17:00 Krewe de Bienville Parade

5:30 pm Parade Women Cassettes

8:15 pm Coronation of King Elexis (Mobile Civic Center)

Monday, February 23

11:00 Arrival of King Felix III (Mobile name King Carnival), the government of Santa

Parade twelve o'clock 12:00 and Felix Flores Parade

Business Martin Luther King Civic Organization Parade 3:00 p.m. ET (rolls on Route D)

3:30 p.m. MLK Monday Mystics Parade (rolls on Route D)

4:00 p.m. Northside Merchants Parade (rolls on Route D)

6:30 pm Infant Mystics Parade

Tuesday, February 24

(Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras day, provided that the day before Ash Wednesday)

10:30 am Order of Athena Parade

Knights of Revelry Parade 24:30

1:00 pm Parade King Felix III

13:30 Parade Comic Cowboys

Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association 2:00 p.m. (rolls on Route B)

6:30 p.m. Order of Myths Parade (rolls on Route C)

Thus, the final parade is held by the Order of Myths (OOM), the oldest of Mobile Parade Tuesday mystical (founded 1867).

Legal restrictions

For centuries, laws have been established in Mobile to restrict certain types of behavior during the carnival season. Mobile laws have regulated the activities based on race, immorality, noise, masks, gloves, parade, fireworks and throwing objects. In 1826, people of color were required to obtain licenses for business meetings and dances in 1845, bullets were banned in the homes of free blacks and slaves (but not Creole), and in 1866, laws restricted the noise or any where, where "immoral or disorderly persons" could get:

1826: According to Article 7 of the order the city of Mobile in April entitled "An ordinance to establish a repository of the city and to regulate the rights of Watchmen," no ball, dance, or all people of color are allowed in the city unless they first obtain a permit from the mayor or city councilor, passed without any license 1am;

1845: A by-law prohibits mobile free blacks and slaves to hold balls in their place of residence, the limitation does not Creoles in Mobile, which had a different status in American society, as written in the Treaty of Paris 1803 (Louisiana), with Thomas Jefferson Alabama became a state in 1819, to grant protection to American citizens after Mobile was a colony of Spain, 17,801,812.

After 1902 the use of masks is largely limited to companies mystical or children under 12 years. In 1918, the public was hiding prohibited in mobile phones during the First World War (repealed in 1920) for 1947, the masks have been limited to companies mystic, and a masked man was forbidden to "wear gloves or hidden hands" or covered. After 1957, the public were allowed to wear masks, but only day Mardi Gras 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., or as members of mystic societies.

Because of security problems in 1987 were banned fireworks during Mardi Gras. The city also limited in areas pets parade, skateboards and scooters, weapons prohibited firearms, and the public to throw something in the parade.

While many tourists who visit might think of Mardi Gras as an "adult" holiday local residents see it as a time of family traditions and, in fact, many believe the show primarily as a source of pleasure for children. Many families with Young children gather along the parade route in downtown. The City discourages nudity, public drunkenness and lewd behavior of others, This may lead to a quick stop.

Brief Glossary

Mobile Mardi Gras season using multiple terms have special meaning for events:

Carnival: The festival season (the period used in Spanish-Mobile, 17801812), usually January 6 Epiphany for Mardi Gras, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday;

Fat Tuesday: (Fat Tuesday) on Monday before Lent;

Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday "), the Tuesday before Lent, also known generally more weeks of Carnival;

King Felix III: The king of contemporary Mobile Mardi Gras;

Company mystic secret society formed at any annual carnival

Parade brotherhood: a company has annual parade, organized;

table: a big event, and

stone thrown from a donation drive to viewers.

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