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*Mardi Gras, carnival before *Lent: in some places, a carnival held or ending on the day before the beginning of Lent, in the Christian calendar, often celebrated with costumes, parades, balls, and other festivities



*Lent, period before Easter in Christian calendar: the period of 40 weekdays before Easter observed in some Christian churches as a period of prayer, penance, fasting, and self-denial.









Was watching a cartoon and in it, this festival called *Mardi Gras was mentioned. I dint noe wat it was but the pple in the cartoon used the term loosely. I figured it mustave been a common holiday or somethin in Europe, so I had it checked out to make up for my ignorance. I found the above.



The cartoon featured the festival wif jus abt everyone in a great fanfare of parades and costumes. The town was bustling wif activities and there were all sorts of pple food and sales going on. Jus abt every room in that town was lit wif happenings it seem like lot of fun� lots of theft to.



Tmr/today being deepavali, i cld�nt help but wonder at the amt of �excitement� this �festival of lights� had brought. Infact even during Christmas or a New year, pple here hardly celebrate as a community. No bustle around the block, no children laughing, screaming their heads off whilst chasing each other (my brother�s having tution at 4 and im pitying both him and his tution teacher.), no fun.

So wat if the carnival brought abt some crime and disorder? Wat abt the little spark of celebration in life to look fwd to? i wonder if the word celebration has lots its meaning to ndp performances wif a bunch of audience waving abt their little flags.



i imagined dressing up and walkin thro a famillar town in the late evening, all decorated to look different. chilling winds bite into my skin but the heat of exicitement arnd soothes the soul. all arnd theres lots to eat, to buy, to look at. i bump into a few frnds amidts the buzz and we gallivant the night away.

I wanna hav lottsa festivals in my life.