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... butter or milk during Lent. Making stacks & stacks of pancakes was a good way to use up these foods. Lent begins the day after Mardi Gras and is 40 days of fasting & self-sacrifice. Lent is over on Easter Sunday. On Mardi Gras Day, parades consist of floats and marching bands. Celebrities on the floats throw beads and doubloons to the ‘parade-goers’ as they line the street, yelling “throw me somethin’ Mister!” Many parade-goers wear either a costume or purple, green or gold clothing. Purple represents Justice, green represents Faith and gold represents Power. HISTORY OF KING CAKES People all over the world celebrate Epiphany by exchanging gifts and feasting. A very popular custom is still celebrated, is the making of the ‘King’s Cake’. This cak...