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Othernnames for this celebration of food and fun include Shrove Tuesday,nFat Tuesday, Carnival, Fastnacht Day, Pancake Day, and Paczki Day.n(Both fastnacht and paczki are names for deliciousnpastries.)n
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nThenorigins of all these holidays is the Catholic practice of Lent,ngiving up pleasures or habits, with fasting and penitence, for 40nweekdays before Easter. I know it doesn’t seem like a holiday ofnfeasting should have anything to do with a long period of fasting—butntoday is the last hurrah, the day before Lent begins!
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nManynpeople these days celebrate Mardi Gras or Carnival separate from itsnorigins. There are elaborate parades, sporting events, music andndance concerts, and (of course) joyful eating and drinking. n
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nHavensome Mardi Gras fun!
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nDLTKn has some fun crafts, games, and coloring pages.
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nActivity Village is another website with ideas about celebrating Mardi Grasn with kids.
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nInn some towns in England, women do a special pancake race. They have ton run to a church while holding a frying pan and flipping a pancake atn least three times! The winner gets a “kiss of peace” from then church’s bellringer!n
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nInn Belgium, hundreds of men wear colorful costumes with jingling bellsn and towering ostrich-plume hats and dance through the streets,n hurling oranges at the watching crowds.n
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nFornmore on Mardi Gras and Carnival, see this earlier post.
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nAnniversary of the first woman to receive a doctorate in dentistry