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Mardi Gras in the USA
Mardi Gras, from the French words meaning "Fat Tuesday," combines religious tradition with a carnival or festival to welcome spring . It is also called Shove Tuesday or Pancake Day (in UK pancakes have an important role in celebrating Mardi Gras).
Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival- a festival season . Carnival begins 12 days after Christmas on January 6 and ends on Mardi Gras, which always falls exactly 47 days before Easter. The date of Mardi Gras changes every year . In the year 2008 it is on the 5th of February .
"Fat Tuesday" is also the last day that Catholics can eat meat before Lent , the forty -day period of fasting before Easter
The cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans , Louisiana; Venice, Italy; and Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well.
It is a federal holiday in Alabama, Florida and in 8 counties of Lousiana.
History
In 1829, some young men returned to New Orleans, Louisiana, from a visit to Paris . Carrying on a lively French custom , they dressed in costumes and masks and paraded through the narrow streets of the French Quarter of New Orleans. More people joined and followed them until they caught the attention of the ladies of the town, who leaned over their balconies and threw chocolates and kisses to them. From that time on, masked walking parades became fashionable in New Orleans in the springtime.
The festivals became more organized in 1857 when a group of people calling themselves "The Mystick Krewe of Comus" made their
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Mardi Gras Ursula 10. kl Mardi Gras A Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon, Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. Mardi Gras can occur on any Tuesday from February 3 through March 9. It is always scheduled 47 days preceding Easter (the 40 days of Lent, plus seven Sundays). Mardi Gras, also known as "Shrove Tuesday", "Pancake Tuesday" or "Fat Tuesday" is celebrated all over the world with fun, games, and a lot of eating. The official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green and gold. Purple represents justice, green stands for faith, and gold signifies power. There is no general theme for Mardi Gras, but each individual parade depicts a specific subject. Among the more popular subjects have been history, children's stories, legends, geography, famous people and entertainment.

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