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💎 Test YourSelf 3
The French call Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday, (1) ______ it was the last night for them to eat meat and fatty food before the festival of Lent started. To do this, they made crepes – thin pancakes. Today they still celebrate Mardi Gras by eating crepes.
In Italy, (2) ______ day is called Carnevale, which means goodbye to meat and gives us the word Carnival. People (3) ______ fritters (special fried pastries), and in Naples they have a pasta dish called Grande Lasagne di Carnevale. In New Orleans, USA, the whole carnival season is called Mardi Gras, because it ends (4) ______ Shrove Tuesday – but it starts on 6 January! There are fancy-dress parties, street parades and food. (5) ______, everyone eats King Cakes, which are round cakes covered in purple, green and gold sugar.
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