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Mardi Gras = Fat Tues day
\nA brief history of Mardi Gras…
\n133-31 B.C.
\nSome think Mardi Gras may be linked[2] with the ancient Roman pagan celebrations of spring and fertility such as Satur nalia\, which dates back to 133–31 B.C. This celebration honored the god o f agriculture\, Saturn. It was observed in mid-December\, before the sowin g of winter crops. It was a week-long festival when work and business came to a halt. Schools and courts of law closed\, and the normal social patte rns were suspended.
\nOn the Julian calendar\, which the Romans used at the time\, the winter solstice fell on December 25. Hence\, the celebr ation gradually became associated with Christmas.
\n4 B.C. Onward
\nThe festival is more commonly associated with Christian tradition. I n the Gospel of Matthew the biblical Magi (also called the ‘Three Wise Men ’ or ‘Three Kings’) visited Jesus with gifts containing gold\, frankincens e\, and myrrh. So on the twelfth day of Christmas\, Christians celebrate t he feast of Epiphany\, a celebration of Jesus coming for more than just th e Jews\, as even Gentile magi were allowed to see him. This begins the Car nival celebration which continues until the day before Ash Wednesday. The culmination of this celebration overlapped with the beginning of Lent. Ear ly Christians believed that during the Lenten season (the forty days betwe en Ash Wednesday and Easter\, not including Sundays)\, Christians should d eprive themselves of anything (especially foods) that brought joy so that they might understand better the trials that Jesus faced leading up to his death on Good Friday. Thus\, on the Tuesday before Lent and the last day of Epiphany\, Christians would celebrate with a feast of their favorite fo ods to tide them over the coming weeks.
\nThese feasts\, which first were only meant for Christians\, were expanded so that Christians would c elebrate with their neighbors and friends. Slowly\, feasts like Shrove Tue sday became public celebrations and adapted many names and traditions as t hey spread.
\nSource: wikipedia.com
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