Fat Tuesday - "Mardi Gras season"

Fat Tuesday - "Mardi Gras season"



I just come across with this topic "Fat Tuesday". This is a Catholics celebration before the lent or fasting season. Make some wiki-wiki and here is excerpt from wiki. 

The terms "Mardi Gras" (pronounced /ˈmɑrdi grɑː/, "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season",in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany and ending on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday" (in ethnic English tradition, Shrove Tuesday), referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which started on Ash Wednesday. Related popular practices were associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. Popular practices included wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, etc. Similar expressions to Mardi Gras appear in other European languages sharing the Christian tradition. In English, the day is called Shrove Tuesday, associated with the religious requirement for confession before Lent begins.

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2 comments:

DRAKE said...

Kuya iba na kasi ang Madri Gras ngayon! parang puro kalaswaan at kahalayaan na ang nandun!

Napansin ko lang naman!

Ingat

Life Moto said...

Drake tama ka sa observation mo. kadalasan kasi ay nawawala na yung spiritual aspect ng isang occasion. at naging commercialize na lang.

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