ðə mˈɑːɹdi ɡɹˈɑːz mˈɪstɪk səsˈaɪəɾi ʌv kˈeɪnz mˈɛɹi wˈɪdoʊz ɐ wˈɪmɪnz mˈɪstɪk səsˈaɪəɾi wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ ɪn mˈoʊbəl, ˌæləbˈæmə, hˈoʊm ʌvðə fˈɜːst mˈɑːɹdi ɡɹˈɑːz ɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː.
The Mardi Gras mystic society of Cain’s Merry Widows (a women’s mystic society) was founded in 1974 in Mobile, Alabama, home of the first Mardi Gras in America (1703).