Fat Tuesday

Hello and welcome to Mardi Gras!

Wearing masks bearing images of skeletons and Christian icons is a vital part of Mardi Gras in the city of New Orleans. This pre-Lenten festival is framed by the donning of original masks worn by people at masked balls, crew members in parades, tourists and partakers in the final crescendo known as Fat Tuesday.

This is a time when individuals hide behind masks to play out the final moments of fun and to bid farewell to the flesh before the penitence of Lent begins.

Masks have always possessed a certain air of mystery that has fascinated people for centuries. According to legend, masks were worn by ancient Greek actors in honor of Dionysus, god of theater and were quite large. Because the structures used to represent the plays were so colossal, masks bore exaggerated expressions in order to convey various emotions.

The traditional colors of Mardi Gras are purple symbolic of justice, green symbolic of faith and gold symbolic of power and are used to decorate carnival masks.

June Jubilee at CTR

hello! I am participating in the June Jubilee at Coffee Time Romance & More. I invite you all to come chat with me on June 15th about my books, hobbies and more! This event is located here
http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=900

You must be a member to post. If you are just registering, please put Sharon Donovan in the referral box.

Throughout the entire month, authors will be chatting about their hobbies in the "Special Interests" area of the forum. I will be chatting about my guilty pleasure of collecting Mardi Gras masks. Today, Cleopatra, the beautiful Egyptian queen is featured.  Cleopatra is one of the masqueraders in my newly released suspense book Mask of the Betrayer. Come chat with me here. You never know when someone might win a prize!
http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=1472

Sharon Donovan
Romantic Suspense with a Twist of Faith
http://www.sharonadonovan.com/
sharonad@comcast.net

Mask of the Betrayer
Available Now!
Whimsical Publications
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http://www.whimsicalpublications.com/sharon_donovan/mask_of_the_betrayer.html

The Author Roast and Toast

It's another Friday at the Author Roast and Toast. And that's where you'll find Oliver and I along with Hywela Lyn and Mary Ricksen as we host today's victim:

Barbara Edwards

And it's An Ancient Awakening in the cemetery! Come join the masquerade.
http://authorroastandtoast.blogspot.com/

I'm masquerading as a gypsy and Oliver is a vampire... Lyn fancies herself a sexy witch while our dear Mary is a ferocious dragon. Barbara is in an Elvira knock off. Come see if you can recognize us! And don't forget...there will be banter and prizes...