The Origins of Mardi Gras Explained

In this video, we take a look at Mardi Gras, Carnival, Shrovetide, and the like to make sense of this jumble of customs and terminology. This video is an excerpt from this longer documentary on the history of multiple "forgotten" holidays, which can be viewed here:    • The Holidays We Forgot About - Documentary   Find us here too! Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Fireoflearning The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com Gregorian Chant Master of the Feast Bushwick Tarantella Loop These songs provided by the YouTube audio library Zydeco Piano Party - Media Right Productions Renaissance - Audionatix Piano Store - Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions We Ride! - Reed Mathis Carnival de Brazil - Doug Maxwell Classical Carnivale - Twin Musicom Works cited and picture attributions can be viewed here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/1452257...