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Quelle est la signification du Mardi Gras ?
Le Mardi Gras est une période de fête qui se déroule 47 jours avant Pâques. À l’origine, Mardi Gras est la fin des semaines des 7 jours gras, qui précède le mercredi des cendres : début de la période de jeune du carême. Il a toujours cette signification pour les personnes de confession chrétienne.
Mais c’est surtout la tradition populaire qui marque la nouvelle signification de Mardi Gras, associé avant tout au carnaval. Cela s’explique notamment par ces racines. Le Mardi Gras, c’est le jour de l’apothéose, de la fête et de la joie exaltée, juste avant d’entrer dans une période d’austérité, d’abstinence et de privation où l’on « mange maigre ».
C’est donc ce jour là que, traditionnellement, les festivités du carnaval commencent. Notez que le mot Carnaval est issu du latin, qui signifie : « enlever la chair« , à savoir le gras, tout ce qui réjouis, tout ce qu’on aime, etc… Ainsi, en ce dernier jour, un seul mot prévaut : PROFITER !
D’ailleurs, un dicton français annonce très bien la couleur :
"À Mardi gras, l’hiver s’en va!"
L’essentiel pour préparer Mardi Gras
Pour un carnaval réussit vous n’avez pas besoin de grande chose. Quelques gourmandises, un peu de maquillage, de la musique et le tour est joué ! Surprenez votre famille et amis en préparant des gâteaux dans des moules originaux, investissez dans un déguisement atypique, enfourchez un ukulélé qui rythmera la journée et que la fête commence !
SOURCE:
https://lemag.igraal.com/signification-mardi-gras-traditions/
What Is Fat Tuesday?
The French Call It Mardi Gras
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Fat Tuesday is the traditional name for the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Western Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches. (Clean Monday is the first day of Lent in the Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.) Fat Tuesday is more commonly known as Mardi Gras, which is simply Fat Tuesday in French.
A Day of Preparation
Historically, the day before Ash Wednesday was itself a rather solemn day of preparation for the penitential season of Lent.
Many Christians took part in the Sacrament of Confession on that day, which is why it became known as Shrove Tuesday. (Shrove is the past tense of the word shrive, which refers to a priest hearing a confession, assigning penance, and forgiving the sins of the penitent.)
The Origin of the Term
Over time, however, the solemn nature of the day was joined with (and later gave way to) one last feast before the Lenten fast. In centuries past, the Lenten fast was far more rigorous than it is today, and Christians were required to abstain from all meat and food that came from animals, such as milk, cheese, butter, eggs, and animal fats. But all of those items needed to be used up before the fast began, and various Christian nations developed their own meat dishes, rich breads, and desserts for one last feast before the austerity of Lent. And thus the day became known as "Fat Tuesday" for obvious reasons.
Anticipating the Joy of Easter
After Fat Tuesday, meat and dairy and eggs would all be preserved in various ways, and brought out again for the Easter feast (which lasted a full eight days, from Easter Sunday through the Sunday after Easter, known today as Divine Mercy Sunday). Thus the voluntary giving up of foods that are good in themselves to focus on spiritual growth was both preceded and followed by the recognition of the good things that God has given us.
When Is Fat Tuesday?
Since Fat Tuesday is the same day as Mardi Gras, you can find the date of Fat Tuesday in this and future years in When Is Mardi Gras?
Related Terms
As mentioned above, Fat Tuesday was originally known as Shrove Tuesday, and in French it is called Mardi Gras. Among the English-speaking peoples of Great Britain and her colonies, Fat Tuesday is often known as Pancake Day, because they used up their dairy and eggs by making pancakes and similar pastries. Likewise, Fat Tuesday is known as Paczki Day, after the rich, jelly-filled donuts made by Poles in Poland and the United States.
The period from the last Sunday before Lent through Fat Tuesday is known as Shrovetide (and, today, the term Mardi Gras is often applied to the entire period of Shrovetide). In the Mediterranean countries (where the languages are derived Latin), Shrovetide is also known as Carnivale—that is, "goodbye to meat" (from carne, meat, and vale, farewell).
Fat Tuesday and Lenten Recipes
https://www.thoughtco.com/fat-tuesday-541519by Scott P. Richert, 02.01.2018
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A terça-feira gorda (em francês: Mardi Gras), ou terça-feira de carnaval, é o dia de fevereiro ou março que precede imediatamente a quarta-feira de cinzas. Portanto, é o último dia que antecede a Quaresma, e é comemorado em alguns países com o consumo de panquecas. Este banquete móvel é determinado pela Páscoa. Em outros países, especialmente aqueles em que é chamado de Mardi Gras ou alguma tradução, este é o último dia de Carnaval, sendo, para os católicos, também o último dia de "comer gordura" antes do período de jejum da Quaresma.
Historicamente, é o dia em que os cristãos se despedem da carne, pois, nos quarenta dias seguintes, devem jejuar, fazer penitência e se abster de comer carne. Tudo isso em preparação à Páscoa. É observada por muitos cristãos, incluindo anglicanos, luteranos, metodistas e católicos romanos, que "fazem um momento especial de autoexame, para analisar quais os erros com que eles precisam se arrepender e em quais áreas da vida ou da espiritualidade eles precisam de pedir especialmente a ajuda de Deus".
FONTE: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terça-feira_gorda
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