Buenos Aires Mardi Gras, 1931

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Buenos Aires Avenida de Mayo decorated for Mardi Gras. Avenida de Mayo is an avenue in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. The avenue was named in honor of the May Revolution of 1810 (the event that led to Argentine Independence). Mardi Gras, also called Shrove Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday, in English, refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three King's Day) and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. No photographer credited, 1931.

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