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Orleans and party hearty before this first day of Lent Ash Wednesday Music 
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Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, celebrated the day before Lent begins, is a ... 
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Year's Day ... Day or Feast of the Purification 3 Feast of Saint Blaise Pre-Lenten 
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Question: Traditionally, crowds gather in New Orleans & party hearty before this first day of Lent
Answer: Ash Wednesday