Nice To Meat You

What springtime event (that gets its name from the latin phrase for "farewell to meat") occurs just before a religious fasting season?

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>   t's not Mardi Gras, or "Fat Tuesday," but that is the last day of this event. 
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Carnival from the Latin "Carne" (meat) and "vale" (farewell).
The Religious Fasting season is "Lent" which serves to remind the faithful of Jesus' 40 day fast in the desert.   <