 Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans: Krewe of Kosmic Debris revelers on Frenchmen Street Image by Infrogmation of New Orleans, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Mardi Gras Various ArtistsMardi Gras Mardi Gras Holiday on the day before Ash Wednesday This article is about the carnival holiday. For other uses, see Mardi Gras (disambiguation). Mardi Gras ( UK: /ˌmɑːrdi ˈɡrɑː/, US: /ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː/;[1][2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.[3] Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to it being the last day of consuming rich, fatty foods, most notably red meat, in preparation for the Christian fasting season of Lent, during which such foods are avoided.[4] Quick facts Also called, Type ... Mardi Gras Celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Also called Fat… (Source: Wikipedia)
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