Do you know about Mardi Gras?

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It is French for “Fat Tuesday”. It is the name of a _______________  that takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period of Lent. Mardi Gras is the final day of a three-day period, which starts on the _______________ before Ash Wednesday. In Catholic countries, people fast during Lent. People eat well the day before Ash Wednesday and hold celebrations. These can be wonderful, colourful _______________ all over the _______________. The most _______________ are those in Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans and Venice. The tradition of Mardis Gras goes back hundreds of years in Catholic Europe. Explorers, settlers and missionaries exported the tradition _______________.

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