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).
Mardi Gras literally means Fat Tuesday in French (called Pancake Tuesday in England) and is associated with the Roman Catholic custom of Lent. busito69/iStock/Thinkstock. In places like New Orleans, the period of merrymaking with fancy balls and parades goes on for weeks leading up to Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). The idea behind Mardi Gras or carnival celebrations is that people overindulge before giving up something for Lent, which begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. The idea of partying before repenting seems to be to get as much revelry and additional sin out of the way before you decide to do anything about it.