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What is Mardi Gras celebrated for

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Mardi Gras celebrates the Twelfth Night feast of the Epiphany; the day that the three kings first visited Jesus Christ. ChaCha.

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Source: HowStuffWorks "How Mardi Gras Works" | people.howstuffworks.com

Description: Festivities start in New Orleans each year on January 6, the Twelfth Night feast of the Epiphany -- the day, tradition has it, that the three kings first visited Jesus Christ.

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