Also, what exactly is it besides a big beer fest in New Orleans??
2007-02-19 12:59:38 · 6 answers · asked by emily 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mardi Gras is actually only one day, but the festival, like the Christmas season, lasts weeks.
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," the day before the fasting of lent begins on Ash Wednesday. The festival is a way to burn off some steam and eat & drink yourself silly before joining in the Catholic custom of fasting during the season leading up to Easter, when you can begin eating and drinking normally again.
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2007-02-19 13:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Means "Fat Tuesday". "Getting it all out of your system" before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
Sometimes we call it "Carnival" - or "farewell to meat" "Carne" = meat..."va" = go
In New Orleans it begins with parades a week or two before Shrove Tuesday. But it really gets going the weekend before.
2007-02-19 13:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I have... Unless you consider an outing to the movie theater for about 2 hours a big long brake from the computer!
2016-03-29 03:33:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a little more than a week but it always ends on a Tuesday (Fat Tuesday)
2007-02-19 13:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by magdaleal14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 week
2007-02-19 13:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by spanky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TOO LONG!
2007-02-19 13:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋