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
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (detail), 1559
Russian artist Boris Kustodiev's Maslenitsa (1916)
Shrove Tuesday, Bear guiding [pl] in Poland (1950)
People in Alfta, Sweden, masquerading as Fettisdagsgubbar in traditional celebration of Shrove Tuesday.
A semla, laskiaispulla, Swedish eclair, fastlagsbulle, fastelavnsbolle, vastlakukkel, or vēja kūkas is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, the Faroe Is
Traditional Swedish semla
Semla served with warm milk
A classic Swedish semla, with a cardamom bun, a small piece of which is cut off and used as a lid.