40 days
Good Friday is the last day of the Lent.
Good Friday is the second-to-last day of Lent.
He observed Lent by giving up his biggest vice. The word lent is the past tense of lend. Richard lent me his car last week.
Palm Sunday
Lent last for 40 days before Easter
Lent in 2009 will begin on Wednesday, February 25th and will last 46 days, ending on Saturday April 11th.
Mardi gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the final celebration before Lent.
Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday which is the beginning of Lent. Since Lent is a time of fasting, Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to pig out.
Lent traditionally lasts for 40 days to represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. However, in some Christian denominations, the Sundays in Lent are not counted, which is why Lent may last more than 40 days in some years.
They celebrate Mardigras on the last day before Lent.
Mardi Gras
The last day before Lent is called Mardi Gras (French, Fat Tuesday) or Carnaval (Italian, farewell to meat). Since Lent is a time of fasting and abstaining, a time of penance in preparation for the celebration of Easter, the preceding day is a last fling, a party. It is unfortunate that it has become a matter of revelry and excess.