Can be called Shrove
Tuesday or Fat Tuesday in English,
refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after
the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and culminating on
the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday",
reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before
the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.
Related popular practices are associated with Shrovetide celebrations before the fasting and
religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. In countries such as England, Mardi Gras is also known as Shrove Tuesday, which is derived from
the word shrive, meaning
"confess".
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