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val the poor dress up rich and the rich dress up poor.
Anthropologists see Carnival as a ritua l of reversal where the everyday world is turned upside down.
Carnival was introduced to Brazil as Entrudo, a Portuguese celebra
tion during which people threw limoes-de-cheiros (smelly lemons), mud, dirty water and other foul liquids at each other.
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According to the Old Testament, the seven deadly sins are lust, pride, gluttony, avarice, sloth, envy and anger. Today, Carnival represents an unleashing of lust, pride, gluttony, avarice, envy and anger. Sloth sets in when it's all over .
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The name Shrove Tuesday came from the Christian custom of con- fessing sins and being resolved or "shriven" of sins just before Lent. The French called Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) because it was traditiona lly a time to use up all the milk, butter and eggs left in the kitchen. These ingredients often went into pancakes, which is why the English call it Pancake Day and still celebrate with games that involve tossing pancakes into the air (to which some attribute the invention of the Frisbee).
