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WHAT DOES CARN MEAN?

Updated: 9/25/2023
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In Italian, the phrase literally means "to remove meat." In practice, this is the phrase from which the word "carnival" is derived. The word "carnival" came into being when the Catholics took the idea of a grand festivity in the middle of winter from the pagans and transformed it into a Catholic holiday, forty days before Easter week. This Catholic festivity marks the onset of lent, when traditionally Catholics don't eat meat. Hence: "removing meat" from their diets just after the "carnival."

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