TUESDAY WEEK 6 IN ORDINARY TIME

Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday" in French, and it is the celebratory carnival that leads up to the beginning of Lent. ... Meat is traditionally abstained from during Lent which is where the word "carnival" is originally derived from, meaning "the removal of meat."

Let us take look on how people cheered up before entering Lenten fast … There was no chance for the carnival this year.
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