Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/04/2025
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Founders Hall at UUFSD

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Given that Lent was a season of fasting, it makes sense that households would traditionally consume all remaining foods that would be forbidden during Lent, such as meat, eggs, and dairy products, as Ash Wednesday approached. Hence, Shrove Tuesday was also called Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras.

The carnival tradition of merrymaking before Lent originated in Rome, probably as a compromise that the Christian Church made with the ancient annual pagan feast of Saturnalia. In England, the custom of using up the eggs and fat before Lent led to another name: Pancake Day.

The practice of abstaining from meat during Lent is the ultimate origin for the word carnival, since it comes from the Latin words carne (“flesh”) and levare (“to remove,” “to take away”). The two terms we have for the celebration take different perspectives: half empty (carnival) and half full (Mardi Gras).

Come, Come Come, get some beads, a mask, and eat with friends.
Enjoy Cajun & Creole Cuisine at UUFSD Mardi Gras, March 4, 2025. Traditional New Orleans dishes include, Pancakes, gumbo, jambalaya, shrimp creole, and beignets.
Contact; Louise Garrett [email protected] or 619,672,2084