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The French call Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday, 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, day is called Carnevale, which means goodbye to meat and gives us the word Carnival. People 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 Shrove Tuesday – but it starts on 6 January! There are fancy-dress parties, street parades and food. , everyone eats King Cakes, which are round cakes covered in purple, green and gold sugar.