Fill in the Blanks Mardi GrasOnline version This exercise is called ''fill in the blanks''. You will have to read a text with gaps and you can choose from various words to fill in the gap. Please note that after you placed the words the text needs to make sense while reading. by Fey Feey 1 Orleans krewes Ash of Mexico fatty Fat Wednesday New Tuesday mystery foods Mardi Gulf Gras Do you celebrate Fat Tuesday ? If you live in New Orleans , Louisiana , or any place else along the coast of the , you probably do . Every year , the people of celebrate Mardi Gras , which is French for " . " This holiday is the day before , and it begins a season of fasting , called Lent , for many Christians leading up to Easter Sunday . It's called Fat Tuesday because it's the last day that many people eat meat and before Lent begins . Today , season in New Orleans is a time of merry - making and festivity . Many clubs in the city , called ( pronounced " crews " ) , sponsor extravagant parades and masked balls in the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday . It's a lot of fun to try to catch the trinkets that are thrown to the crowds from the parade floats . Every krewe has a king and queen , whose identities are kept secret until the night of the ball . It's all part of the fun and of Mardi Gra s
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