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Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, and other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parades to spectators lining the streets. The gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos [are] tossed to the crowds from parading floats. Mardi Gras celebrations in other Gulf Coast cities, such as Mobile and Lafayette, have adopted the custom.
Mardi Gras is the celebration of the beginning of the Catholic Lenten season. Mardi Gras is French for fat Tuesday and embodies the abandonment and indulgence that many engage in before plunging into the 40 days of Lent that immediately follow. The beads that many revelers wear and pass around during the festivities are purple, green and gold, representing not just the celebration's Catholic roots, but also an homage to a Russian czar.