Mardis Gras Celebration

Mardis Gars is celebrated in many different places. In Binche, which is in Belgium, this is one of the most important celebrations. It is also celebrated in Nice, which is in France. These are not the only places that celebrate Mardis Gras, there are many more. Mardis Gras celebrates the spring season that is about to start and the winter that has just passed. It also celebrates fasting for 40 days which is showing compassion for Jesus. Mardis Gras is celebrated in many places around the world. Some of the countries are France, Germany, Guatemala and many more. This celebration starts before Ash Wednesday. It is the period before the fasting, and lasts until Easter. It goes for about 40 days. There are many variations on how it is celebrated. Some traditions are that everyone wears green, purple and gold. People also fast for 40 days and select something that they will not eat for those 40 days. Beads are also thrown around and a parade also goes around. There are also big floats on the roads. There were also many changes made to this celebration.

I had not heard of this holiday until today. When I looked at the name of the celebration I sort of got an idea of what it might be because Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday” in French. I did not really understand this celebration, but once I started reading about it I got a better idea. I think that the way many people have changed it is sort of wrong because you should keep with the original traditions and not try to change a religious celebration. People should have kept this celebration to its original traditions, but a few minor changes might have been fine. I had never heard of this celebration before, but I learned many things while researching for this blog post.