PHOTO GALLERY: Jazz hosts Mardi Gras celebration

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | 9:49 p.m. CST
BY MISSOURIAN STAFF

Columbia residents celebrated Mardi Gras at Jazz, a Louisiana kitchen restaurant, at 217 N. Stadium Boulevard. Norm Jolly performed live music and restaurant staff passed out Mardi Gras beads. 

Mardi Gras, french for "fat Tuesday," is a celebration on the last night before the beginning of the 40-day Lenten season, a period of fasting before Easter.

In New Orleans and many Roman Catholic countries, the Tuesday celebration is preceded by a week or more of parades and parties. Purple, green and gold are the traditional colors of the holiday.

 

 Norm Jolly performs for the patrons of Jazz, a Louisiana kitchen restaurant, in Columbia on Tuesday. Jazz has a Mardi Gras celebration every year.   ¦  Leah Beane
Alyssa Nielson purchases a dollar jello shot from Heather Manhardt at Jazz, a Louisiana kitchen restaurant, in Columbia on Tuesday. Nielson was at the restaurant to celebrate Mardi Gras and watch the Missouri basketball game.   ¦  Leah Beane
Tia Greer wears shrimp Mardi Gras beads as she works Tuesday at Jazz, a Louisiana Kitchen Restaurant, in Columbia.   ¦  Leah Beane

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