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Is pancake day an official holiday?

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holiday (a time of leisure away from work and devoted to rest or pleasure; normally spent away from a person's home)
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Mardi Gras

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The terms "Mardi Gras", "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season",in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and ending on the day before Ash Wednesday
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Is "Mardi Gras" (French for Fat Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday a type of holiday (a time of leisure away from work and devoted to rest or pleasure; normally spent away from a person's home) that has the attribute official (endorsed by the relevant party, the brand-owner, subject of the work, governing body etc)?
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Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday, Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday) is ... in the days before Lent, but after Denmark became a Protestant nation, the holiday ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_Day
Coconut Pancake For Pancake Day!
The best part about coconut pancakes as homemade dessert is that they are incredibly easy to make and quick too. Pancake Day is not an official holiday everywhere in the world so ...
http://www.boldsky.com/cookery/sweet-tooth/cakes-bakes/coconut-pancake-d...
Fat Tuesday: Grab your frying pan and head for the pancake races
... local marketplace to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, and must flip their pancakes a predetermined number of times along the route. Pancake Day isn't an official holiday in ...
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/21/nation/la-na-nn-fat-tuesday-panc...
Carnival/Shrove Tuesday in United Kingdom
It is also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day. ... Official Olney and Liberal prizes are then presented at a ... Shrove Tuesday is not a bank holiday in the United Kingdom ...
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/shrove-tuesday
List of holidays by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
16 February – Carnival (Mardi Gras, lasts a week though only one day is an official holiday.) 7 April – Death of Toussaint L'Ouverture; 1 May- Labour Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country

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