Farsang

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Farsang may refer to:

  • Parasang, an Iranian or Persian (which also includes Iraq) unit of measurement for how far a man can walk in a day "Stone to stone".
  • Modern Iranian metric unit of measurement, set as 10,000 metres (33,000 ft), equivelant to the modern Scandinavian mile and obsolete metric myriametre.
  • An Islamic folk character
  • hu:Farsang, a Hungarian carnival that precedes the annual Busójárás celebration