First of all, according to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture „religion, in various manifestations, has been a carrier of globalizing tendencies in the world” (Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, p.5). Religion has been an early tool of globalisation, and in 1700, through the Christian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville, Mardi Gras had it’s first celebration in New Orleans in 1703. At this stage, in the early 1700’s, Mardi Gras was a small, local celebration. The festival slowly started to develop itself and build traditions such as the famous krewes, which consist in a small group or organisation that takes part in the celebration of Mardi Gras, by organizing the parade with marching bands and floats. An
