KING CAKE - SCENE 4 - PAGAN PAST & SYMBOLISM

Learn about the migration of a pagan spring time ritualistic festival in a polytheistic world that became the ancient Greek Bacchanalia, which became the ancient Roman Saturnalia, which found its way to France as Carnivale under the Bourbon Dynasty which migrated from the Old World to the New World via the French founder of New Orleans, Bienville. Today's New Orleans Mardi Gras expression is built upon previous layers of Springtime celebrations expressed by prior cultures. All of it is to celebrate a springtime rebirth of life.