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Mardi Gras or "Fat Tuesday" celebrates the "Carnival season". Marking the first day of Lent, it falls the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday; however in Sacramento the parties can start early and run late, so get your beads ready.

By S. Derrickson Moore / dmoore@lcsun-news.com The Fiddle Club and Jeanie McLerie and Ken Keppeler of Bayou Seco will perform at a special Mardi Gras-themed Cajun Contra Dance presented by Southern New Mexico Music and Dance Society at 8 pm today at

By Rocco DiSpirito Mardi Gras is the sort of celebration that can make every city in America want to be New Orleans. Between the parties and parades and all those rich foods, what's not to love? Well, perhaps the after effects of all those rich foods.

By Rocco DiSpirito Mardi Gras is the sort of celebration that can make every city in America want to be New Orleans. Between the parties and parades and all those rich foods, what's not to love? Well, perhaps the after effects of all those rich foods.

On Mardi Gras, especially, you've got to know when to hold 'em, website says.

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