Spectacle, Pageantry, and Parading
We celebrate the arrival of spring with revelry in search of catharsis. Carnivals roots trace from the ancient Greek and Roman pagan celebrations, to the pageant wagons of the Medieval theatre and the French masquerades, and on through the Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is part o...
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LSU
2011
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Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04112011-151905/ |