[DOC] [TLE] Courir de Mardi Gras - Wikipedia [PAR] The Courir de Mardi Gras is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun 
communities of south Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Courir 
de Mardi Gras is Cajun French for "Fat Tuesday Run". The rural Mardi Gras 
celebration is based on early begging rituals, similar to ... As Mardi Gras is the 
celebration of the final day before Lent, celebrants drink... [DOC] [TLE] Dance for a Chicken: The Cajun Mardi Gras - Folklife in Louisiana [PAR] Courir de Mardi Gras, a Cajun tradition, is practiced differently in communities ... 
and collecting ingredients for a communal gumbo remains central to their run. ... 
The participants are earnestly employed chasing chickens, the most valued ... 
lies a serious message of survival which goes back to pre-Christian festivals and
... [DOC] [TLE] Cajun Mardi Gras - LA Times [PAR] There's also the annual Cajun Music Festival -- a given for a town claiming to be 
the ... In the courir, which literally means "the run," on Mardi Gras day men dress 
in ... ingredients for the town gumbo -- and by collecting I mean chasing after live 
... community to share in a pre-Lenten celebration, especially when times were... [DOC] [TLE] The Krewe of Craft Beer - CraftBeer.com [PAR] Mardi Gras celebrations are better when paired with a seasonally-brewed Mardi 
Gras beer ... beers to help lubricate the region's pre-Lenten celebrations. ... on 
horseback to beg and gather ingredients for the large communal gumbo that lies 
... From decadent parades of ornately costumed performers to chicken-chasing 
trail... [DOC] [TLE] Courir de Mardi Gras - Expand Your Mind [PAR] Courir de Mardi Gras is Cajun French for "Fat Tuesday Run". ... As Mardi Gras is 
the celebration of the final day before Lent , celebrants drink and eat heavily, ... of 
Pre-Christian Celtic Europe and are associated with fertility and renewal. ..... 
tricks, chase chickens, and gather ingredients for their communal gumbo that 
night. [DOC] [TLE] Courir - TheInfoList.com [PAR] Courir de Mardi Gras is Cajun French ... As Mardi Gras is the celebration of the 
final day before Lent ... are derived from the folk traditions of Pre-Christian Celtic 
Europe and are associated with fertility and renewal. ..... to dance, drink, play 
tricks, chase chickens, and gather ingredients for their communal gumbo that 
night. [DOC] [TLE] Cajun Mardi Gras Celebration - Slap Ya Mama [PAR] Feb 2, 2015 ... Ready to explore Cajun Mardi Gras celebration? ... chickens and begging for 
ingredients for a huge communal gumbo. ... and a celebration of amazing gumbo 
 and it all begins on Mardi Gras Day. ... Homeowners would then toss live 
chickens into the air for revelers to chase and swing around their heads. [DOC] [TLE] New Orleans: Mardi Gras with cajun moves - The New Zealand Herald [PAR] Sep 25, 2016 ... New Orleans: Mardi Gras with cajun moves ... Stacey Plaisance heads into the 
Louisiana back country for pre-Lenten hijinks. ... of New Orleans, Mardi Gras is a 
days-long festival of music and revelry that culminates with a ... It originated as a 
way to collect ingredients for a communal gumbo, with horseback... [DOC] [TLE] Mardi Gras seasonal beers: A new Louisiana tradition [PAR] Feb 3, 2016 ... We take Mardi Gras very seriously  the celebrations are more ... fast of the 
Lenten season, which begins the next day (Ash Wednesday). ... beg and gather 
ingredients for the large communal gumbo that lies ... A prized ingredient is a live 
chicken, which is often thrown into the air for the celebrants to chase... [DOC] [TLE] Cajun Mardis Gras - Cinda Chavich's TasteReport.com taste the world [PAR] Feb 21, 2012 ... Canadian Acadian and American Cajun traditions collide in Louisiana ... But 
today they are all Cajuns, members of the Elton Courier de Mardi Gras or chicken 
run, ... and gather the ingredients for tonight's community gumbo feast. ... to Mardi 
Gras or Fat Tuesday, the day before the Catholic season of Lent. [DOC] [TLE] Bayou Teche Brewing Releases 2013 Courir De Mardi Gras Biere

Question: Chicken-chasing & gathering ingredients for a communal gumbo are Cajun festivities for this pre-Lenten day
Answer: Mardi Gras