Page 244 "It was Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but less excessive..."

From page 244 of the book:  "...Everyone, it seemed, was there for the festival, so that a shared carnality filtered from table to table, from street to street, and throughout the neighborhood. It was mardi gras in New Orleans but less excessive, it was the Feast of St. John the Baptist in Quebec but not as loud; it was Cinco de Mayo, it was the Fourth of July."

Mardi Gras, New Orleans

Feast of St. John the Baptist, Quebec

Cinco de Mayo, Mexico

Fourth of July, U.S.A.