Mardi Gras, another date many do not think of as religious. But, once again, it is.
The name Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday." This is the day before Ash Wednesday, when it was traditional to eat a large meal of rich and fatty foods before the ritual fasting of Lent. This morphed over the years into a celebration of unrestrained release. Masks and costumes were worn to hide the identity of those celebrating, allowing celebrants to let loose the day before Lent, doing things they never would in their normal life.
My Mardi Gras was spent with friends, wearing beads and having a good time. I finished off the ice cream in my freezer, and meant to go buy another pint to have before tomorrow but ran out of time. We had a lot of fun, interesting conversations, and a bit of American Mardi Gras crazy tossed in. Traditional, in both the religious and not-so-religious way.
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