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| | History of Lent & Easter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The name carnival is derived from the Latin Caro, Carnis, flesh, and vale, farewell (according to Ducange, from the Latin denomination of the feasts of the Middle Ages, carnis levamen, solace of the flesh), because at that time people took leave of flesh. |
 | | Artists for centuries have pictured the angel Gabriel coming to the Virgin Mary with a spray of lilies in his hand, to announce that she is to be the mother of the Christ child. |
 | | New Orleans has since formed a lot of secret societies that have served many charitable and social functions. |
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