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Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [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, the season is known as Carnival and begins on 12th Night, January 6th, and extends until midnight before Ash Wednesday. Club, or Krewe, balls start soon after, though most are extremely private, with their Kings and Queens coming from wealthy old families and their courts consisting of the season's debutantes.
Fat Tuesday, always celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, is the Mardi Gras finale. The name itself is French for Fat Tuesday — “mardi” is the word for Tuesday and “gras” is the word ...
Mardi is the French word for Tuesday, and gras means "fat." This name comes from the custom of eating all the fatty, rich foods in the house prior to Lent in order to prepare for fasting and ...
Mardi Gras—the French term for 'Fat Tuesday'—lasts from January 6 until February 13. Carnival kicks off after Christmas on January 6 (otherwise known as Twelfth Night) and continues until Fat ...
Mardi Gras is the celebration before Lent – a period in which people of some Christian denominations fast, give up other delicacies, or both – where people traditionally eat a large meal before the fasting period, hence the name translating to "Fat Tuesday." The history of Mardi Gras in the United States started with Pierre Le Moyne d ...
69. Mardi Gras was declared a holiday by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. 70. Fat Tuesday was declared a Louisiana state holiday in 1875. 71. Alabama and Florida also have state holidays for Mardi Gras. 72.
[28] Elsewhere, the day has also been called "Mardi Gras", meaning "Fat Tuesday", after the type of celebratory meal that day. [29] In Germany, the day is known as Fastnachtsdienstag, Faschingsdienstag, Karnevalsdienstag or Veilchendienstag (the last of which translates to violet [the flower] Tuesday). It is celebrated with fancy dress and a ...