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At 03:20 AM 2/21/1996 EST, you wrote: >Is there anyone who could explain the origin of "Mardi Gras" in New >Orleans? I'm grateful if you let me know any reference regards that kind >of culture. As an Asian student, I'm not familiar with the festival. >Does it happen to have anything to do with medieval pageants? > In these days, I'm reading the Chester mystery cycle plays. >Is there any connection between medieval drama and Mardi Gras? I know Milla Riggio has been doing work on modern carnivales; I don't know if she's published any of it, though. Is she on this list? I recall an interesting conversation on carnival with her when she was last at UW. --r Roger A. Ladd Woorde is but winde, that shal son overgon. 402 Alhambra Pl. #8 --John Lydgate, Madness, WI 53713 _Temple of Glas_ Ack.