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
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Shrove Tuesday is the final day of Shrovetide, which marks the end of the pre-Lenten season. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed in many Christian countries th
Fastnacht (Pennsylvania Dutch)
…Fastnacht Day (also spelled Fasnacht, or in Pennsylvania German: Faasenacht) 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 best foods, which are part of the German…
Russian artist Boris Kustodiev's Maslenitsa (1916)
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Shrove Tuesday, Bear guiding [pl] in Poland (1950)
People in Alfta, Sweden, masquerading as Fettisdagsgubbar in traditional celebration of Shrove Tuesday.