Editing Carnival (section)

====United States====
{{Main|Mardi Gras in the United States|Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama|Mardi Gras in New Orleans|Carnaval de Ponce|Courir de Mardi Gras}}
[[File:StAnne06Marigny29.jpg|thumbnail|right|Revelers on [[Frenchmen Street]], in [[New Orleans]], USA]]

Carnival celebrations, usually referred to as [[Mardi Gras]] ("Fat Tuesday" in French), were first celebrated in the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] area, but now occur in many states.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/06/the-obscure-origins-of-american-mardi-gras-which-begins-today/|title=The Obscure Origins of American Mardi Gras|last=Andrews|first=Travis|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419080129/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/06/the-obscure-origins-of-american-mardi-gras-which-begins-today/|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Customs originated in the onetime [[Louisiana (New France)|French colonial]] capitals of [[Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] (now in [[Alabama]]), [[New Orleans]] ([[Louisiana]]), and [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]] ([[Mississippi]]), all of which have celebrated for many years with street parades and masquerade balls. Other major American cities with celebrations include [[Washington, D.C.]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mkofl.com/|title=Mystick Krewe of Louisianians - Washington Mardi Gras|website=mkofl.com|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124002057/https://mkofl.com/|archive-date=24 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[St. Louis]], Missouri;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stlmardigras.org/|title=Soulard Mardi Gras 2019 {{!}} St. Louis, MO|website=stlmardigras.org|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626221217/https://stlmardigras.org/|archive-date=26 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[San Francisco]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carnavalsanfrancisco.org/about|title=About - Carnaval San Francisco|website=www.carnavalsanfrancisco.org|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004175227/http://www.carnavalsanfrancisco.org/about|archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[San Diego]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdmardigras.com/about/|title=About {{!}} 2017 San Diego Mardi Gras Masquerade Parade & Celebration|website=Mardigras|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223023711/https://www.sdmardigras.com/about/|archive-date=23 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> California; [[Galveston, Texas]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mardigrasgalveston.com/|title=Mardi Gras! Galveston 2019 {{!}} February 22nd - March 5th|website=Mardi Gras! Galveston|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429021322/https://www.mardigrasgalveston.com/|archive-date=29 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pensacolamardigras.com/|title=Pensacola Mardi Gras – Pensacola Mardi Gras|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223053431/http://pensacolamardigras.com/|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wusf.usf.edu/mardi_gras_parade_festival|title=Mardi Gras Parade & Festival|last=CitySparkJB|date=2019-02-06|website=WUSF Public Media|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>[[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universalorlando.com/webcontent/en/us/things-to-do/events/mardi-gras?v=a6|title=Universal Orlando|website=www.universalorlando.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref> and [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rove.me/to/miami/miami-broward-carnival|title=Miami Broward Carnival 2023|website=rove.me|date=15 March 2023|language=en|access-date=2023-07-31|archive-date=1 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801000200/https://rove.me/to/miami/miami-broward-carnival|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Florida]].

The most widely known, elaborate, and popular U.S. events are in [[Mardi Gras in New Orleans|New Orleans]], where [[krewe]]s organize parades, balls, and other activities starting with Phunny Phorty Phellows streetcar parade on [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]] and ending with the closing of Bourbon Street at midnight on Fat Tuesday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/parades/phunny-phorty-phellows|title=Phunny Phorty Phellows {{!}} Mardi Gras New Orleans|website=mardigrasneworleans.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712023255/https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/parades/phunny-phorty-phellows|archive-date=12 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is often called "the greatest free party on earth".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/new_orleans/news/commentary/article_1afb8938-ff48-5618-bbd3-f380d2a746a5.html|title=Mardi Gras in New Orleans: The greatest free party on earth|website=The Advocate|date=24 February 2014|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307104930/https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/new_orleans/news/commentary/article_1afb8938-ff48-5618-bbd3-f380d2a746a5.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Many other Louisiana cities such as [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]], [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], [[Mamou, Louisiana|Mamou]], [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]], and [[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]], most of which were under French control at one time or another, also hold Carnival celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crt.state.la.us/tourism/pressroom/festivals-events/mardi-gras/index|title=Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Louisiana|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117025317/https://www.crt.state.la.us/tourism/pressroom/festivals-events/mardi-gras/index|archive-date=17 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the prairie country northwest of Lafayette, Louisiana, the [[Cajun]]s celebrate the traditional [[Courir de Mardi Gras]], which has its roots in celebrations from rural Medieval France.<ref>{{cite book|title=Capitaine, voyage ton flag : The Traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras|author=[[Barry Jean Ancelet]]|publisher=Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana|date=1989|isbn=0-940984-46-6|url=https://archive.org/details/capitainevoyaget00ance}}</ref>

In [[Puerto Rico]], the most popular festivals are the Carnaval de [[Loíza, Puerto Rico|Loíza]] and [[Carnaval de Ponce]]. The Carnaval de Ponce (officially "Carnaval Ponceño") is celebrated annually in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]]. The celebration lasts one week and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday. It is one of the oldest carnivals of the Western Hemisphere, dating to 1858.<ref>[http://www.letsgotoponce.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=81 ''Ponce Carnival Goes International in Its 150th Anniversary Edition.'' Let's Go to Ponce.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311075721/http://letsgotoponce.com/index.php?id=155&itemid=81&option=com_content&task=view |date=11 March 2016 }} Ponce Carnival. Retrieved 12 April 2010.</ref> Some authorities trace the Ponce Carnaval to the eighteenth century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/puerto/carnival_dress.pdf|title=The Smithsonian Institution. "A Puerto Rican Carnival: How to Dress for the Ponce Carnival."|access-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125232634/http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/puerto/carnival_dress.pdf|archive-date=25 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/carnival-de-ponce Attendance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204114/http://www.answers.com/topic/carnival-de-ponce |date=3 March 2016 }} Retrieved 12 April 2010.</ref>

In New York City, a Caribbean Carnival known as the [[West Indian Day Parade]] is held in [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]], [[Brooklyn]] on [[Labor Day]]. Founded by immigrants from Trinidad, the event was initially held at the beginning of Lent, but was later moved to Labor Day in order to allow an outdoor event in the summer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.6sqft.com/the-history-of-brooklyns-caribbean-carnival-the-most-colorful-event-in-new-york-city/|title=The history of Brooklyn's Caribbean Carnival, the most colorful event in New York City|website=6sqft|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727174813/https://www.6sqft.com/the-history-of-brooklyns-caribbean-carnival-the-most-colorful-event-in-new-york-city/|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Starting in 2013, the Slovenian-American community located in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood of [[Cleveland]] began hosting a local version of [[Kurentovanje]], the Carnival event held in the city of [[Ptuj]], [[#Slovenia|Slovenia]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web| url=http://clevelandkurentovanje.com/| title=Cleveland Kurentovanje| access-date=18 February 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223000614/http://clevelandkurentovanje.com/| archive-date=23 February 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref> The event is conducted on the Saturday prior to Ash Wednesday.<ref name=":0" />