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What is the religious name for mardi gras?
Shrove Tuesday
What is the name of the coins tossed in Mardi Gras?
Doubloons
What is the name of the Tuesday before Lent begins?
Shrove Tuesday is called Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday.
What is the name of a fountain in New Orleans?
mardi gras fountain at the lakefront.
What landmarks did d'Iberville and Bienville name on Mardi Gras?
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What name is given to the warehouse where Mardi Gras floats are built?
The "Den"
What is the name of Mardi Gras in othercountries?
Boeuf Gras is an alternative name. It's called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake day in Britain.
What is the name of the french explorer who first celebrated Mardi Gras in America?
cornholio
What season do mardi gars start on and end on?
The seaon that Mardi Gras starts and ends on is in the Spring. Mardi Gras is another name for Fat Tuesday. It's called this because it falls on the week of Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent in the Catholic religion.
What is the name given to the people who celebrate Mardi Gras?
Parade-goers is the only thing that comes to mind. Mardi Gras is celebrated by many different cultures and includes most ethnic and socio-economic groups.
How did mardy gras get its name?
The phrase "Mardi Gras" is of a French originality which means "Fat Tuesday." Mardi Gras season is called Carnival. The word carnival comes from two Latin words. They are carnem (meat) and levare (to remove). So carnival means "removing meat." Not eating meat was a common practice during lent
Why does Shrove Tuesday end on Mardi Gras?
Shrove Tuesday does not end on mardi gras, it is mardi gras.The Christian festival of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. The day before this is Shrove Tuesday, sometimes called Pancake Day. The French name for this is Mardi Gras, which means 'fat Tuesday'.Christians are supposed to avoid consuming fat or eggs during Lent. British christians use up their eggs the day before Lent begins by making lots of pancakes, hence pancake day. French christians concentrate on using up their fat, hence fat Tuesday.
