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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 05:00 pm |
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What exactly is this?
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 05:41 pm |
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It refers to the days included in the Christmas Season, from Christmas to Epiphany (traditionally January 6). Catholics, Orthodox and a few others celebrate Christmas in this way instead of the “culturally correct” single day.
Most non-Catholics/non-Orthodox know only the words from the well-known Christmas song of the same name. And I dare say most Catholics in the US know very little more than this!
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CajunRick
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 06:12 pm |
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In many areas, Epiphany is also known as Twelfth Night. In our area (including New Orleans), Twelfth Night is the traditional beginning of the Carnival season that ends with Mardi Gras. In New Orleans, the Twelfth Night Revelers hold the first Carnival ball of the season, and the Phuny Phorty Phellows ride the streetcars declaring the beginning of Carnival. For the rest of us, it is the night of the first King Cake party.
Carnival (literally, "Farewell to the Flesh") season was the time for eating all the meat and animal fat that could not be consumed during Lent and could not be stored until Easter. It ends on Fat Monday ("Lundi Gras") and Fat Tuesday ("Mardi Gras"), with the killing of the Fatted Calf ("Bouef Gras"). At midnight on Mardi Gras night, police cars roll through the streets of the French Quarter announcing that the celebration has come to an end and it is now Ash Wednesday.
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pam
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 06:49 pm |
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CajunRick
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 07:48 pm |
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pam wrote:
Rick, do the party folk really listen to the Ash Wednesday announcement at midnight and stop partying?
Actually, many do. Those who choose to continue partying are no longer allowed on the street, they are not allowed to carry open containers of alcohol, hang from the balconies, etc. The celebration is cut considerably by the fact that there isn't enough room inside the bars.
Away from Bourbon Street, the party has already ended by midnight. Mardi Gras is a family celebration everywhere but on Bourbon Street, and by nightfall, families have gathered at their homes like on Thanksgiving. The pagentry continues with the masked balls of Rex and Comus, which ends with the Meeting of the Courts at 11:30.
Most people don't understand that the party the news media covers on Bourbon Street is unlike Mardi Gras anywhere else in South Louisiana. For us, Mardi Gras is a family celebration where few get drunk and no one disrobes. It's just good, clean fun. People gather along the parade routes and barbeque, or hit the drive-up window at Popeye's, and spend the day watching parades. We stay as far away from Bourbon Street as we can.
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