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Folly Gras is a carnival in Charleston South Carolina. It is an event that takes place on Folly Beach South Carolina. This festival is a Charleston tradition where folly beach is closed off and you can purchase a bracelet to enter the event. All the shops and bars are crowed and even moved outside. It is the Charleston version of Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras begins after the Christian feast of Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and a day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is also referred to as Fat Tuesday coined by the French. They celebrate it as the last day before Lent where they eat “rich” one last night. In Charleston, it is celebrated a little differently. The people of Charleston use this celebration to socialize and interact with people. Since it is such a big festival people line the streets with shops and other activities.

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History

Folly Gras is a fairly new tradition and has only been celebrated seven times on folly beach. It was started by the folly beach organization in effort to bring more people to the beaches and bring awareness to the restaurants, stores and beach. Since its inception it’s been a family friendly event and only costs about one dollar for entry and a wristband with other options.

Traditions

There are many forms and ways this celebration is celebrated. Some places like New Orleans, Louisiana stretch Mardi Gras a whole twelve-day period. Where more places celebrate it for one day. The carnival is very important in Anglican and catholic European nations.

Costumes

Folly Gras attire is similar to the traditional Mardi Gras costumes. People dress up in green purple and yellow colors. They also walk around with masks and beads. People try to collect as many beads as they can or just buy or find them. the beads are just a fun way to interact with people creating new friendships and entertainment. In some cases, people will dress up in full costumes and walk around with their friends competing with other people to have the best costumes. They have stages where people can vote on the best costume and win prizes. It is an entertaining experiences and fun for all ages.

United States

Since the united states is composed of immigrants, they have many different traditions for the many different types of people. The celebration of Mardi Gras arrived in north America as a French catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers. They were sent by King Louis XIV to defend Frances claim to the territory of Louisiane which included Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and part of eastern Texas. On March 3, 1699 the brothers were in what is now New Orleans and decided to name the place in honor of this holiday after it, Iberville named the spot Point du Mardi Gras (French: "Mardi Gras Point") and called the nearby tributary Bayou Mardi Gras. This is why in New Orleans they celebrate the tradition the longest and the hardest in the States. The twelve day even is celebrated by almost everyone in New Orleans and the participants try the hardest to party and celebrate the tradition.

Incidents

With good times also comes bad ones. With an event this size there is plenty room for abuse. This event has a lot of alcohol associated with it and a bunch of underage drinking. Because of this the event has to be regulated and there needs to be police and security everywhere. Due to obsessive drunk people ruining the fun associated with the event. The event was canceled last year due to a person knocking out one of the security guards. There was a video of the incident and it made the news. The response of Folly beach was to announce they were canceling the event until they were certainty, they can control the incident and find ways to prevent this from happening again.