And if it IS true...why the hell would Catholics want to make such a sinful holiday if they love GOD so much?
2007-03-27 07:55:08 · 23 answers · asked by Bianca K 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Uncle Betty"...You didnt have to comment if you werent going to answer my question.You must be catholic seeing as how you got offended so quickly. This was not an attack in disguise this Is truly a question i wanted an answer to. It seemed unbelievebale to me that Catholics would come up with such a holiday seeing as how they love GOD so much, but if it IS true then something is seriously wrong there.
2007-03-27 08:05:20 · update #1
"Rico"...How am i spotting off about something i know nothing about when i ASKED whether its a Catholic holiday or not??? I didnt assume it was and put my 2 cents in about it, i ASKED and im receiving answers.
2007-03-27 08:09:48 · update #2
I am Cajun from Louisiana and Steven D is absolutely CORRECT. A long time ago their was a pirate named Jean Laffite who came to Lake Charles, La. to hide from European authorities. Jean and his pirates bribed the people of Lake Charles to hide them and so the town did. We celebrate this upcoming holiday every year called "Contraband Days". This historic celebration is only for Lake Charles, La. After the authorities left, the pirates threw a parade for the people of Lake Charles which later on was twisted by New Orleans into a sinful, gluttonous holiday which is held the day before lent.
I personally find Mardi Gras to be an abomination.
P.S. Mardi Gras has never been a Catholic holiday otherwise every Catholic all over the world would celebrate it . It's only in Louisiana because of the evilness of New Orleans. (Don't get me started on Cajun history in New Orleans).
Uncle Betty, what planet are you from?
2007-03-27 08:07:25 · answer #1 · answered by Lifted by God's grace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mardi Gras it is french for "Fat Tuesday". Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Catholic season of lent, during which some people fast or give up something they enjoy "for lent".
The festival of Mardi Gras is the traditional party that SOME people CHOOSE to have before beginning the Lent Season.
You can celebrate Mardi Gras without ripping your clothes off for beads and whatnot.
Mardi Gras is only a celebration and you can choose how you want to celebrate it. I'm sure the people who are true about being Catholic don't celebrate it in the manner in which we all know it as.
2007-03-27 07:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by i ♥þîÑk☆ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know Mardi Gras falls on Fat Tuesday, a day of celebration before the long fast of Lent. How it started, I'm not sure, but I'm positive that what we see in New Orleans isn't the original flavor. It was probably a party with friends and neighbors, lots of food and a good time. Then came parades, and somehow beads got involved.
Some of the original party flavors were the King cake (a cake with a coin or tiny doll baked inside. If you got the coin, doll, or other prize, it was a sign of good luck). Also, pancakes (sometimes that day is called Pancake Tuesday). The colors are green, purple and gold. And I know that purple and green are the two colors used most often during Lent at mass.
2007-03-27 08:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Bianca!
No, Mardi Gras is not a Cahtolic holiday.
The Mardi Gras ( 'fat Tuesday') tradition came about as people tried to use up the things they couldn't have in their homes during Lent- a seaon a penance and fasting. This included sugar, fats and oils. So, the 'traditional' things of Mardi Gras are gooey, fattening pastries, since many Catholics give up sweets for Lent.
Unfortunately, what the rest of the world see of Mardi Gras is drunken debauchery- saupposedly 'one last chance' to have fun before Lent....which begs the question- Do you really think the people participating in the things you see out of Rio and New Orleans REALLY the king of people you think are sincerely on their knees in church on Sundays?
The events seen as traditional Mardi Gras \are completely contray to all the Catholic Church holds and teaches.
2007-03-28 05:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not a Catholic holiday. Mardi Gras is a celebration held the day before Lent begins so that eveyone can party.
2007-03-27 07:57:51 · answer #5 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Mardi Gras was, at its roots, a Catholic Holiday:
www.perfectpartybycody.com/b_section.asp?ID=15
2007-03-27 07:59:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mardi Gras is not a Catholic holiday. Lent is the holiday. Mardi Gras is the party people have before it, to indulge themselves before the period of deprivation that is Lent. Over the centuries, the party has gotten larger and larger, to the enormous, decadent spectacle that it is today in New Orleans, Rio and other places.
2007-03-27 07:57:08 · answer #7 · answered by Steven D 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Is it true that Mardi Gras is a Catholic holiday?
And if it IS true...why the hell would Catholics want to make such a sinful holiday if they love GOD so much?
2015-08-06 20:41:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday when Lent begins with 49 days of fasting and prayer.
Popular culture consistently tries to "steal" holy days and make them secular holidays.
This happens with Christmas, Easter, Mardi Gras, Halloween (the eve of All Saints Day), St. Valentine's Day, and St. Patrick's day.
Popular culture lets you celebrate the holidays as long as they take all religion out of them.
It is an ongoing effort to keep God and faith involved in these holy days.
With love in Christ.
2007-03-28 16:54:17 · answer #9 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look at New Orleans Mardi Gras. People came from all around the world on Fat Tuesday and danced like fools and exposed themselves to each other. Look at the city of New Orleans now and decide if it was sinful.
2007-03-28 10:09:39 · answer #10 · answered by Rockford 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋