In New Orleans, the Twelfth Night Revelers, the second oldest Mardi Gras krewe (1870) were the first to hold their carnival ball each year on January 6th, the official start of the carnival season twelve nights after Christmas, thus their name.. They used a very large king cake to choose their queen. The lady who got the piece with the golden bean baked inside was their Queen.
dfm1981 says: February 8, 2013
at 3:53pm
In New Orleans, the Twelfth Night Revelers, the second oldest Mardi Gras krewe (1870) were the first to hold their carnival ball each year on January 6th, the official start of the carnival season twelve nights after Christmas, thus their name.. They used a very large king cake to choose their queen. The lady who got the piece with the golden bean baked inside was their Queen.