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Mardi Gras
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2. What is mardi gras?
Mardi Gras is French for ‘Fat Tuesday’
It marks the end of the period of Carnival
and the beginning of Lent
3. What is Lent?
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Celebrated by Christians and Catholics
6 weeks leading up to Easter
Penance, repentance, self-denial
Devotional commemoration of
crucifixion
4. What is Carnival?
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Festive season leading up to Lent
Overturning of daily life
Parades, parties, masquerades
Celebrated world-wide
Feast before the fast
5. Carnival is the gigantic party before everyone
fasts and repents, and
is the grand finale.
And people. go. nuts.