Celebrate Mardi Gras at the SUB Tuesday, Feb. 21

The Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Stu­dent Union Build­ing is throw­ing a Mardi Gras Party Tues­day, Feb. 21 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the atrium.

Slip on a strand of col­or­ful Mardi Gras beads and get into the spirit by dec­o­rat­ing a car­ni­val themed mask. Or just stop by to indulge in King’s Cake, Vir­gin Hur­ri­canes and a round or two of root beer pong, all com­pli­men­tary of the SUB.

Auri Vigil, SUB mar­ket­ing assis­tant and event coor­di­na­tor said, “With the great sup­port we receive from our local com­mu­nity, we’re also going to be raf­fling off jumbo beads, and dona­tions from Rocky Moun­tain Choco­late Fac­tory, Jimmy John’s, Sag­gios, La Mon­tanita Coop Food Mar­ket, Landry’s Seafood, Dos Her­manos and Mid-Week Movies.  

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tues­day, is tra­di­tion­ally cel­e­brated the day before Ash Wednes­day as a last fling prior to the 40 days of Lent that pre­cede Easter. The offi­cial Mardi Gras col­ors are pur­ple, green and gold.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Auri Vigil at (505) 277‑7885.