The parade was the culmination of Mardi Gras Week at the school. On Monday, faculty, staff and students wore purple, green and gold. Tuesday was a Taste of Cajun Day with New Orleans-themed foods.

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Loft explained that there are traditionally three colors for Mardi Gras: gold/yellow, green and purple. At Montana Gold Bread Company, king cakes are made like a big cinnamon roll.

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In the U.S., king cake is interwoven with Mardi Gras, a celebration marking the start of Lent, and, in New Orleans, distinguished by the colors green, gold, and purple.

Fun fact: Bayou Bakery produces about 1,500 king cakes during Mardi Gras season and shares about 1,800 plastic babies in the classic purple, green and gold Mardi Gras colors.

Paul Buckowski/Getty Images This colorful, ring-shaped pastry is often decorated with purple, green and gold sugar, the colors of Mardi Gras, representing justice, faith and power, respectively.

What do the Mardi Gras colors represent? Those colors represent power (gold), faith (green) and justice (purple). Eating king cake is also a big part of the celebration.

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