[AgThorn]

However, the Romans also wore silly hats, got drunk, danced naked in the streets, propped up the statue of Saturn on a couch to observe the revelries, reversed roles between slaves and masters, and put green drapes around their doorways.

Now that's something you can definitely say the Catholics have modeled themselves after ... at least the pre-Lenten Mardi-gras Catholics of Lousiana! ;-)

[surroundedbyblue]

The Catholic tradition of Mardi Gras does not include drunkenness. Perhaps you ought to inform yourself before you blame the evil debauchery that goes on in New Orleans every year on Catholics.

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/mardigras/