Fastnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The word translates to "the eve of the fast." The tradition is to eat the very bes
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559
Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht
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The Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht, Fasnacht or Fasnat/Faschnat is the pre-Lenten carnival of Alemannic folklore in Switzerland, southern Germany, Alsace and Vorarlberg.
"Hopfennarr" from Tettnang with costume and mask
Fastnacht mask in Swabia
Jesters of baroque and Italian style: Wolfacher Schellen- und Röslehansel
Masks of Fastnacht in Rottweil 2007