mardi gras casual argument
mardi gras casual argumentA BRIEF HISTORY MARDI GRAS
Dating back to the feudal Middle Ages, Carnival Season is one of the various celebrations of the new Christian world, which replaced those, which we moderns label as pagan. In particular, Carnival is thought to have replaced the Roman feast of Lupercalia, celebrated for centuries on February 15th of the Julian calendar, in honor or Lupercus, a Roman pastoral god associated with Faunus (satyr). Although Lupercus derives from lupus (wolf), the original meaning of the word, as it applies to Roman religion has been obscured by time. Carnival Season is sandwiched between Christmas Season and Lent. The Roman Catholic Church set Christmas Day on The 25th of December on the Gregorian Calendar. This approximates the winter solstice, the point at which the days start growing longer; ie the sun (light) is returning. Fixing this date however meant allowing the other Holy Days to float. (Eg) Easter is always on a Sunday. Easter can be any Sunday from March 23 to April 25. Its date is set to the Sunday that follows the first full moon after the spring equinox. Mardi Gras is always 47 days before this Sunday. (The 40 days of Lent plus 7 Sundays). Carnival is from the Latin for “farewell to the flesh”. One is expected to bid earthly pleasures adieu in bacchanalian revelry, ie get it all out of your system before the privations of the...
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