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"Maspoust - The Czech Mardi Gras"

 

By
Harold Rihner

 

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Children gather on the street in the Zizkov district of Prague anticipating the parade that features the Carnival king Bacchus. Maspoust (roughly translated as "a fast from meat") is a four (4) day festival that culminates on the same date as Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

 

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