Lundi Gras 2027
Haiti • 2027-02-08
At a glance
- Date
- 2027-02-08
- Type
- public
- Country
- 🇭🇹 Haiti
About
Lundi Gras is a series of Shrove Monday events which take place in New Orleans during the city's Mardi Gras festivities. It includes the tradition of Rex, king of the New Orleans carnival, and Zulu King arriving by boat. Some of the traditions date back to 1874, but the day was not widely celebrated until 1987, when the arrival of Rex was included in a series of river-related events under the name of "Lundi Gras". Lundi Gras was the creation of journalist Errol Laborde. The event was staged with the cooperation of Riverwalk Marketplace and its then marketing director Carol Thistle Lentz. The events are detailed in Laborde's book, Krewe: The Early New Orleans Carnival from Comus to Zulu.
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