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Clean or Ash Monday

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Shampa Iftakhar:

Clean Monday , also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Christian, Saint Thomas Christians of India and Eastern Catholic churches. It is a movable feast that occurs at the beginning of the 7th week before Orthodox Easter Sunday.


Source : wikipedia

Shampa Iftakhar:
Pink Monday:

Pink Monday has become an unofficial tradition at the fair attracting hundreds and thousands of people from the gay and lesbian community alone. This gathering during the evening on the funfair has become one of the biggest gay and lesbian events in the city of Düsseldorf.

Shampa Iftakhar:
Rose Monday:
Rosenmontag or Rose Monday is the highlight of the German "Karneval" (carnival), and is on the Shrove Monday before Ash Wednesday.

The carnival season begins at 11 minutes past the eleventh hour on the 11th of November and the "street carnival" starts on the Thursday before Rosenmontag, which is known as "women's carnival".

 Source: Wikipedia

Tahsina:
I think I have read a poem named Ash Wednesday if my memory is right.....The post is culturally very enlightening. But I still don't get all these.  :(
Like I don't get to understand Boxing Day.  :P

Shampa Iftakhar:
Madam,

This have some religious values for particular religion. Please post the poem for all.

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