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jmurdock
Old Fogey
Joined: 11 Nov 2003
Posts: 1285
Location: the heart of acadiana they like to call it |
MARDI GRAS
MARDI GRAS
MARDI GRAS
C U L8R
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Drake14
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Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 1310
Location: Around |
i'm srry bout dis...
But what is Mardi Gras 
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jmurdock
Old Fogey
Joined: 11 Nov 2003
Posts: 1285
Location: the heart of acadiana they like to call it |
Sorry, didn't think. It's the last celebration before catholic's lent season. One big party from Saturday to Tuesday. Then you get to sober up on Ash Wednesday.
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Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:36 am |
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Drake14
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Posts: 1310
Location: Around |
what a lot of great days 
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Sat Feb 21, 2004 4:14 am |
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Ozymandias
Leader of the Senate
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Posts: 319
Location: Otherland |
Have fun and be careful if you're getting those beads 
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Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:22 am |
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jmurdock
Old Fogey
Joined: 11 Nov 2003
Posts: 1285
Location: the heart of acadiana they like to call it |
For sure 
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Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:31 am |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
"Fat Tuesday"
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Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:07 pm |
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Myrthos
Spoiler of All Fun
Joined: 07 Jul 2001
Posts: 1926
Location: Holland |
We just call it carnaval 
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Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:44 pm |
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CNT-Dukoome
Village Dweller
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
Posts: 9
Location: on a far distant place |
ok being catholic is about believing getting stonded and drunk
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Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:39 pm |
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jmurdock
Old Fogey
Joined: 11 Nov 2003
Posts: 1285
Location: the heart of acadiana they like to call it |
Well, yeah, if you're looking at 40 days of deprivation
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Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:18 am |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
Good time to become a Protestant then!! 
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Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:40 am |
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Cm
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Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 5209
Location: Missouri USA |
At this point in time it really has nothing to do with being Catholic at all. It started long ago as a party to celebrate, eat, dance, ect. before the start of Lent, and had just grown into a creature of its own with no real connection to Lent. The timing is still used and that is about all. They call it Fat Tuesday because you were suppose to eat to your hearts content before the 40 days of fasting during lent. The beer and beads got added over the years and now it is just anouther excuse for some people to act stupid. Not a Catholic thing at all.
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Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:13 pm |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
quote:
Originally posted by cmckj50
[...] now it is just anouther excuse for some people to act stupid.
What's that? They need an excuse now? 
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Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:45 pm |
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jmurdock
Old Fogey
Joined: 11 Nov 2003
Posts: 1285
Location: the heart of acadiana they like to call it |
Although it has become something with a life of its own now, and many non catholics participate in it, and also many non catholics use it as an excuse to party, this area of Louisiana where I am is still heavily catholic and many I know still eat fish every day during lent. It's an interesting area. Now, if you are talking about Galveston, they use it as an excuse to party.
The beads and parades came when the celebrations became to big and an area became much more urbanized. There are still small towns that hold the 'original' Mardi Gras that consists of a krewe begging the makings of a gumbo from the surrounding farmers. Well, naturally the farmer wants something in return, so they are given entertainment for a while. Like watching the members chasing after the chickens for instance. I saw video of one once, can get rather interesting.
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