The Antioch island, just a mile offshore in the center of Grass Lake, celebrates everyone's favorite
Fat Tuesday holiday in July: Blarney Gras.
A masked beads to Each year, more than a million people attend the parades here, which take place over 19 days, culminating in
Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, which this year falls on March 5.
Customers line up at the New Palace Bakery, on
Fat Tuesday in Hamtramck, Michigan.
Mardi Gras, which is actually French for '
Fat Tuesday', and became a season of revelry and overindulgence in which many people eat rich, fatty foods before giving up something they love for the 40 days between Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and Easter.
" And, voila, they have Mardi Gras, literally
Fat Tuesday, on the eve of Ash Wednesday, famous for its huge, nightlong carnivals with revelry and provocative dancing.The story is told of a man who was accosted by brigands as he took an evening walk on Ash Wednesday.
Pancake day is celebrated across the globe and in France, the US and other countries it is called "Mardi Gras" or "
Fat Tuesday".
Mardi Gras, or
Fat Tuesday is the final day of Carnival, and the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
Blind referee costumes and yellow penalty flag costumes were all the rage in New Orleans on
Fat Tuesday as the city marks the last day of Carnival.
A masked beads Each year, more than a million people attend the parades here, which take place over 19 days, culminating in
Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, which this year falls on March 5.
The Sunday before
Fat Tuesday is NEED TO KNOW | RICHARD MCCOMB was a guest of Alabama Tourism Department and alabama.
Mardi Gras got its start in 1699 when the French first celebrated "
Fat Tuesday," and is a day to indulge on rich foods before the fasting often done before Easter.
Fat Tuesday - a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans