Happy Mardis Gras

[Alex]

Yes, but I'm also not Catholic so for the same reason I mostly ignore Christmas (despite its secularization) I also am inclined to ignore Fat Tuesday despite its secularization unless I go to a home of it (similarly, if I were in the Vatican at Christmas I'd strongly consider polite attendance at a Christmas mass).

When and if I ever do participate in such things I want it to have more of a connection to the root causes and history than simply "rocking party! show me your boobs!" Which is all it is for most people, otherwise they'd be participating in Ash Wednesday as well (I know dozens of people going to Mardi Gras parties, I don't know hardly anybody seriously participating in Lent).

I don't mind other people doing it, it just doesn't interest me. It is of more interest anthropologically than participatorally. Once I get the unadulterated anthropology then I'll be more open to the simple participatory (as with possibly going up the Vegas Eiffel Tower).