PH Featured in 'Mardi Gras'
By ELLSON A. QUISMORIO
February 25, 2012
Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines took centerstage as the featured country in this year's "Mardi Gras" celebration in Alexandria, Louisiana, the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago told the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Saturday.
The Mardi Gras is a Catholic-inspired celebration that involves eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season (which begins on Ash Wednesday) and includes the wearing of masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dances, and community parades. The celebration is markedly popular in Louisiana in the United States, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and Quebec in Canada.
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