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Old 01-06-2014, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by LovinItAtTheVillages View Post
wonder why they would have the celebrations a month before Fat Tuesday
that seems strange, Unless they dont want two big celebrations in one month
O well ....I will be on a cruise in February
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THEY Don't!

Since Mardi Gras is based on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and it is a movable feast in the church calendar. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the beginning of spring. And Ash Wednesday would be forty days before that. So Ash Wednesday last year was in February. Mardi Gras is March 4th THIS year all over the world.
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