Yes, Lent is a season of fasting and penance. It is the time when Jesus Christ fasted for 40 days. It's a season of grief and sorrow.
Roman Catholics normally avoid meat in this season. They make it a point to go for confessions before Easter. They prepare themselves for the risen Christ.
This period of preparation before Easter began to be called Lent in the Middle Ages. It is derived from words meaning "spring" as Easter comes in the spring.
The ten commandments which are: I am the LORD your God, you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain. Keep holy the Sabbath day. Honor your father...
They do so a s a remembrance of Jesus' death and sufferings for them. Actually They do it as a remembrance of the 40 days he was in the desert before he died. Also Christians are supposed to give up...
Generally most Christians celebrate regularly 1 Jesus the Christ the one and only son of the one and only God born of a Virgin the only perfect human life and died to pay for all sin save all people...