French students learned about the Mardi Gras Celebration on March 1.
They discovered that Mardi Gras is celebrated mainly in Catholic locations around the world, most famously in New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro.
They also learned of the meaning of purple, green, and gold beads and the King cake.
Indeed, purple means justice, green means faith, and gold stands for power.
The King cake is a sweet braided Danish like cake filled with cream. A plastic doll is hidden inside and whoever finds it in their slice is named King or Queen and they will buy next year King cake.
Some of the vocabulary learned ere:
Krewe, doubloons, bonfire, float, Laissez le bon temps rouler,to name a few.
Mardi Gras is a legal holiday in Louisiane since 1875.
