New Orleans, one of Louisiana's largest cities, is located on the Mississippi River, a small distance upstream from where the Mississippi enters the [Gulf of Mexico]?. New Orleans is well known for its creole? culture and the practice of Voodoo by a few of its residents.
New Orleans' claim to fame is its [Mardi Gras]? (literally, Fat Tuesday) celebration, which is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent?.
See also: Louisiana, Mississippi River, [Memphis, Tennessee]?.
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