Mardi is French for Tuesday and Gras literally means Fat. Mardi Gras is the day before the beginning of Lent, when Christians used to empty their larders of butter and eggs. Hence, eating pancakes became a tradition of Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is also a day for celebrations and parades. Rio does it, New Orleans does it, Sydney has a ball. In France Mardi Gras marks a fortnight of celebrations on the French Rivieira.
The Nice Carnaval is famous for fabulous masked parades, flower battles and a parade of lights. During the flower parade, 100,000 flowers are thrown at the crowd from 20 floats.
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