it means that you must take pleasure in things like food, drinks, and endulge in everything because Lent is forecoming where they must take a fasting.
I think FEB 21st Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2006 February 28th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2007 February 20th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2008 February 5th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2009 February 24th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2010 February 16th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2011 March 8th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2012 February 21st Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2013 February 12th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2014 March 4th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2015 February 17th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2016 February 9th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2017 February 28th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2018 February 13th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2019 March 5th Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday) 2020 February 25th
Mardi Gras does not always start on Tuesday, but ends on Tuesday...hence Mardi Gras (this is French Mardi=Tuesday, Gras=Fat...Fat Tuesday). It is the last day before Ash Wednesday which starts the fasting associated with Lent.
Mardi=Tuesday Gras=Fat Both are french words that when translated to english from Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday is called Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday.
"does 'Mardi gras' mean 'merry times' - 'Fat Tuesday' - or 'Spring Welcome'? (well, fat means 'gras' in French, and Tuesday is spelled 'mardi' ...)
Mardi Gras is "Fat Tuesday" - the day before Ash Wednesday. Many Christians will fast or go on a reduced diet for the 40 days of Lent, the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter. As a sort of "last hurrah" before the fasting of Lent, many cultures have a rowdy feast the day before; "Fat Tuesday", or in French, Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is always celebrated on a Tuesday. In French, "mardi" means Tuesday and "gras" means fat.
The other term for mardi gras is fat tuesday.
Fat Tuesday in 2009 was on February 24th, the last day of Mardi Gras.
Fat Tuesday was invented by Mardi Gras.
Another way to say Mardi Gras is "Fat Tuesday".
Mardi somptueux