Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of the last night of eating rich, fatty foods before the ritual Lenten sacrifices and fasting of the Lenten season. Related popular practices are associated with Shrovetide celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. In countries such as the United Kingdom , Mardi Gras is also known as Shrove Tuesday, which is derived from the word shrive , meaning "to administer the sacrament of confession to; to absolve". Some think Mardi Gras may be linked [2] with the ancient Roman pagan celebrations of spring and fertility such as Saturnalia , which dates back to —31 BC.

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Richard Vigneault born March 18, is a Canadian former professional wrestler , trainer , and television presenter , better known by his ring name , Rick Martel. Martel is from a family of wrestlers, and made his professional debut at age seventeen when his brother Michel , a wrestler, asked him to replace an injured wrestler. Martel already was a skilled amateur wrestler , and quickly adapted to professional wrestling. Martel also served a stint as a booker for a wrestling territory in Hawaii, where he would help the promotion set up matches and construct the storylines that would play out inside and outside of the ring.


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