holidays & recipes: mardi gras king cake recipe photography tips with a point and shoot

We find the origins of holidays exceedingly interesting. We enjoy learning how so many holidays have their origins in pagan tradition. Mardi Gras, which is literally translated “Fat Tuesday” and celebrated this Tuesday, February 21, 2012, in New Orleans, began in Europe. The ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, celebrated in mid-February was a circus like festival not unlike Carnival or Mardi Gras. When Ancient Rome accepted Christianity as its state religion the leaders of the church felt it was better to include the customs of pagan religions rather than try to eradicate them. Carnival was the solution for the Christian church. Preceding the penance of Lent, Carnival allows Christians to, shall we say, let their hair down and party. Mardi Gras was brought to America by The Catholic French in the late 17th Century. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville were sent by King... Read the Rest →

 

holidays & recipes: mardi gras king cake recipe photography tips with a point and shoot

We find the origins of holidays exceedingly interesting. We enjoy learning how so many holidays have their origins in pagan tradition. Mardi Gras, which is literally translated “Fat Tuesday” and celebrated this Tuesday, February 21, 2012, in New Orleans, began in Europe. The ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, celebrated in mid-February was a circus like festival not unlike Carnival or Mardi Gras. When Ancient Rome accepted Christianity as its state religion the leaders of the church felt it was better to include the customs of pagan religions rather than try to eradicate them. Carnival was the solution for the Christian church. Preceding the penance of Lent, Carnival allows Christians to, shall we say, let their hair down and party. Mardi Gras was brought to America by The Catholic French in the late 17th Century. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville were sent by King... Read the Rest →