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There was a time when nearly every Mississippi town lived by the rhythm of passing cars.

Travelers stopped for gas beneath buzzing neon signs. Waitresses poured coffee for strangers who became regulars. Motels filled up by sunset, and downtown sidewalks carried the steady hum of people simply passing through on their way somewhere else.

Then the interstate came.

There are a few days on the Mississippi calendar that don’t just happen — they arrive.

Fat Monday is one of them.

It doesn’t tiptoe in politely. It comes in wearing sequins at 10 a.m., holding a drink in one hand and a slice of king cake in the other, and somehow still managing to look like it has its life together.