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Mardi Grass, is a festivity during which
we dress up and we organize carnival
parades.
Hara Theodorou-Fotini Katsandris
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We celebrate the beginning of Lent,
which is the 40-day fasting before Easter.
Helen Ktena
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Of course the custom of disguise and dressing
up comes from ancient Greece, from the god
of wine and fun, God Dionysus and his
celebration,that was called Dionysia,and was to
honor him.
Efi Bissaraki-Afrodite Zafiriou
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People rejoice that the winter left and they welcome
spring with dances and songs. They wore masks made of
tree bark, animal skins and bells to help the land wake
up from hibernation and pull off.
Helen Katsandris-Nassia Tzafou
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The carnival is celebrated in many places of the
world with the same mood. The most famous is
the carnivals of Rio de Janeiro, of Venice, of
Nice and of Patra in our country,Greece.
Nantia Papapavlova
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The word carnival comes from the Italian word
"carnaval" from the word "carne" that means
"meat" and the word "vale"that means "hello".
Basia Garinou-Ntinos Skafidas
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So then when the Halloween finished
we do not eat meat.
Errikos Armenis
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In Greece,Halloween lasts for three weeks and
it ends on Shrove Monday that named so,
because the housewives cleaned their houses
and their pots from the meat fat.
Jim Basdekis-Angel Danielidis-Antonis Koutsogiannis-Nick Economou
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Mardi Grass, is a festivity during which
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parades.
Hara Theodorou-Fotini Katsandris
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A description of the Mardi Gras festival and its origins, as well as how it is celebrated in different parts of the world.
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