Mardi Gras Carnival Around the World

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Mardi Gras Carnival Around the World

When you think of Mardi Gras in the United States, you’re likely to think of New Orleans, and the epic celebrations that lead up to Fat Tuesday. While it’s the most famous celebration in the U.S., there are also fairly large Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile and St. Louis as well.
Many people don’t realize that there are Mardi Gras celebrations all over the world though, and they go by many names. We’ll refer to wikipedia for the details.

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday and Carnival season refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or Kings day and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. The day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning “confess.”

 Baden Württemburg Germany
 Barranquilla Colombia Mardi Gras
 Basel Switzerland fasnacht festival
 Binche Belgium Carnival
 Carnival in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
 Carnaval in Montevideo Uruguay
 Carnval Amsterdam Netherlands
 Cologne Germany
 Goa India Carnival
 Mardi Gras in New Orleans Lousiana USA
 Mardi Gras Dakar Senegal
 Mardi Gras Mobile Alabama
 Marseille France Carnival
 Martinique Carnival
 Maslenitsa Moscow Russia
 Mazatlan Mexico Margi Gras
 Trinidad Tobago Mardi Gras
Venice Italy Carnival

Mardi Gras is celebrated in many cities with large Catholic populations, however in most countries it is called Carnival.

Folk etymologies exist which state that the word Carnival comes from the Late Latin expression carne vale, which means “farewell to meat”, signifying that those were the last days when one could eat meat before the fasting of Lent.

The largest Carnival celebration in the world is pictured above, in Brazil. So now that you know what the hell Mardi Gras and Carnival are, take a tour around the world to see how it is celebrated in other countries…

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24 photos of massive Snow Castle

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24 photos of massive Snow Castle

With the biggest snowstorm on Earth in the northeast, many of us asked young people if we wanted to build a snowman. "No", and we do not want to build an ice palace either. Every man needs his lock, and we'll certainly have enough snow to build something of the size indicated above. When you're done, you can sit on your throne, admire your work and enjoy. But what about building something bigger?


























Since it seems to have about six feet of snow (predictions may vary), we think that a greater inspiration is good. We collected about Twenty four photos of Massive Snow Castle, palaces and other large buildings. All are huge and impressive and we rely on their ability to realize our vision. Go to work! We'll get you a beer when you're done.

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