What is PET? Plastics like PET most likely touch your everyday life. Polyethylene Terephthalate, known commonly as PET or PETE is best known as the clear plastic used for water and soda bottle containers. As a raw material, PET is globally recognized as a safe, non-toxic, strong, lightweight, flexible material that is 100% recyclable.
[maÉ¾di É¡É¾a] ; [maÊ.di É¡Êa] ; meaning Fat Tuesday) is an annual Carnival celebration in the Southeast United States in New Orleans, LA. The Carnival season, a variation of the traditional manner of preparing for the start of the Christian liturgical season of Lent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany (January 6).
New Orleans. Mardi Gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday, is a big festival that takes place the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent -- a symbolic period of fasting and penance for many Christians. The two weeks before Fat Tuesday are the most festive. Local carnival organizations called krewes, the first of which dates to 1857, hold almost nonstop balls and parades.