We're of French descent so Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) is what we call it. Believe it or not, Mardi Gras actually has a religous purpose. Before refrigeration and Vatican II, Fat Tuesday was used as a festival to eat the remaining fresh meat (poultry, pork and beef) that Catholics had before Lent. Traditionally Lent was a time of fasting and abstinence from meat.
In Louisiana and coastal France this fell at the start of the seafood harvest season so the eating of seafood (fish, crustaceons, shellfish and reptiles) became the prefered way to keep protein in the diet. I wish the damn fundies would realize this and leave us alone. > In Trinidad Carnival. > > On 2/21/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is how Mardi Gras is ended in New Orleans. > > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/151 > > > > It is actually quite a spectacle. Where else could 100,000 partying > drunks be sent home without a riot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228645 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
