Category: Religion

It is that time of year again. Today is Mar­di Gras and tomor­row Lent begins. Today is tra­di­tion­al­ly the last gasp of par­ty­ing before dour pen­i­tence takes hold for a month or so. Of course, Mar­di Gras was like­ly coopt­ed from even old­er pagan cel­e­bra­tions of Car­ni­val but there is still some debate. The Wikipedia, as always, has a good arti­cle.
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