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Mardi Gras, alternatively known as Shrove Tuesday, occurs each year on the Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. It marks the commencement of the Christian Lenten season, a period lasting approximately six weeks and concluding just before Easter. The flexible nature of its date means that Mardi Gras can fall in either February or March.