{"id":4823,"date":"2012-02-21T07:08:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T12:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2015-12-26T22:31:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T03:31:45","slug":"mardi-gras-mask-mambo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2012\/02\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Mask Mambo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Fat Tuesday &#8212; a day early of my normal post!! Today is Mardi Gras Day so I just have to acknowledge an celebrate accordingly with this video about the <a title=\"Mask Market in New Orleans\" href=\"http:\/\/videos.nola.com\/times-picayune\/2008\/02\/mask_market_mambo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mask Market in New Orleans<\/a>. Enjoy the music too.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=601208443001&amp;playerID=651482428001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRMTE~,BWCCSzT6s9n2dkm1Oa2dELBPh6LJOKDw&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=601208443001&amp;playerID=651482428001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRMTE~,BWCCSzT6s9n2dkm1Oa2dELBPh6LJOKDw&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;m not so much into the glitter, I have some Venetian masks so I can appreciate the appeal of unique, hand-made masks and masking for Mardi Gras as a tradition.<\/p>\n<p>However, this next tradition is one of which I was completely unaware. I guess my parents must have sheltered me while growing up in New Orleans. Actually, I do remember parade-goers shimmying up poles to catch beads but maybe this was before &#8220;<a title=\"Go Nola - Greasing the poles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gonola.com\/2012\/01\/23\/mardi-gras-lubrication-the-greasing-of-the-poles.html\" target=\"_blank\">greasing the poles<\/a>&#8221; was started. Who knew a whole artistic performance could be created &#8212; only in New Orleans!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4824\" title=\"greasing the poles in New Orleans_gonola\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png\" alt=\"Greasing the poles in New Orleans via Go Nola, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"337\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png 337w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a>And this is <a title=\"You tube - greasing the poles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sUIR06SYHsA\" target=\"_blank\">Rita Benson-LeBlanc<\/a>, owner of the New Orleans Saints, doing her rendition.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sUIR06SYHsA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"p\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in a new <a title=\"Press Release - Casart Peacock Patterns\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pitchengine.com\/casartcoveringsllc\/casart-coverings-adds-peacock-damask--quill-designs\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans inspired French Damask design<\/a>, slip on over to <a title=\"Slipcovers for your walls, casartblog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slipcovers for your Walls<\/a> to preview the unveiling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are few previous posts regarding Mardi Gras:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Previous post regarding Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/03\/mardi-gras-costumes-get-a-copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mardi Gras Costumes get a Copyright<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Previous post regarding Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/02\/after-da-fat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>After da Fat<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Previous post regarding Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/02\/mardi-gras-masks-and-typography\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mardi Gras Masks &amp; Typography<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Is Everywhere celebrates New Orleans&#8217; Mardi Gras with a post about the Mask Market and French Market traditions for Fat Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,72,97,47,22,224,645],"tags":[2028,1038,2027,2666,2029],"class_list":["post-4823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrations-and-all-including-sad-events","category-culture","category-humor","category-music","category-new-orleans","category-performance","category-slipcovers-for-your-walls-casart-blog","tag-fat-tuesday-traditions","tag-mardi-gras","tag-mask","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-saints"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mardi Gras Mask Mambo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mardi Gras Mask Mambo on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2012\/02\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mardi Gras Mask Mambo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mardi Gras Mask Mambo on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2012\/02\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArtIsEverywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-21T12:08:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-27T03:31:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"casart\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"headline\":\"Mardi Gras Mask Mambo\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-21T12:08:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T03:31:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/mardi-gras-mask-mambo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/greasing-the-poles-in-New-Orleans_gonola.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Fat Tuesday traditions\",\"Mardi Gras\",\"mask\",\"New Orleans\",\"New Orleans Saints\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Celebrations &amp; 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