2007-02-26 11:57:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
"Mardi Gras" is Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras is celebrated the day before Lent starts. Lent is a time to fast, and so Mardi Gras is celebrated to eat up before the big fast!
2007-02-26 12:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by Sukanya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In French Mardi (Tuesday) Gras (Fat) is the time before Lent. During Lent Catholics are supposed to be forbidden to eat any sort of fatty foods. So on Mardi Gras they eat all kinds of bad food before they have to give it up.
2007-02-26 12:30:09 · answer #2 · answered by max 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Fat Tuesday" may have been a time to fatten up and do all the things you cant do for awhile, but i think it has just become a time for people to get drunk, stupid and naked. I bet most of the people at Mardi Gras dont even celebrate the religion it stems from (Roman Catholic).
2007-02-26 13:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by bluegoth75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mardi gras is pretty cool...i means FAT TUESDAY bcuz its the day before lent like ppl do all the things like eat nd drink nd smoke before lent which is when you fast, thats why they call it FAT TUESDAY. Recently my Bistro class at school had a little mardi gras thing we served jambalaya nd it was total AWESOME-NESS!
2007-02-26 12:07:12 · answer #4 · answered by Chanel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its has something to do about church. sadly idk what. ppl use it as an excuse to party get drunk and have sex from what i see in it.
2007-02-26 12:05:11 · answer #5 · answered by sambucca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋