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• Carnival is said to have originated in Egypt.
• Carnival is mostly associated with Roman Catholics.
• The original meaning of the word 'carnival' is 'farewell to meat', as it precedes the period of Lent.
• Mardi Gras dates back to the medieval tradition of celebration before the arrival of Lent.
• The day of Epiphany is marked by the beginning of the Carnival.
• The date of Mardi Gras depends on the date of Easter.
• There are forty days between the end of the Carnival and Easter.
• In the Anglo-Saxon countries, Mardi Gras is called Fat Tuesday.
• In the Christian calendar Mardi Gras is known as Shrove Tuesday.
• Duringthe period of Lent one avoids eating fat.
• Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.
• Ash Wednesday marks the memory of Adam.
• The festival of Easter commemorates and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• One consumes fat on the day before Lent called Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
• The end of  Carnival marks the beginning of Lent.
• Fat Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday.
• The carnival ends on Ash Wednesday.
• Mi-Karem comes mid-way between the end of the carnival and Easter.
• "The Coming of the Son of God into the Temple" is a feast also called Candlemas.
• Candlemas is also called the crêpe day.
• Valentine's day is a day of lovers which falls during the carnival period.
• Dimanche Gras or Fat Sunday is the first day of the carnival.
• Lundi Gras or Fat Monday is the day before Mardi Gras.
• The three 'fat days', Fat Sunday, Fat Monday and Fat Tuesday are called Shrovetide.
• In France, Lundi Gras or Fat Monday is also known as the 'day of the youth'.

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