In 2024, Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on Tuesday 13 February, around a week earlier than last year. Whether you find delight in crepe-style pancakes or you prefer the fluffy variations ...

It might be Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday, but in Scarborough the day is marked with skipping rather than pancakes. The North Yorkshire town's Skipping Day has its origins in the days when ...

Carnivale in Panama, one of the most anticipated festivities of the year, will be celebrated in late February and early March ...

Fasching in Villach, Villach in Fasching - the famous song will once again echo through many Austrian living rooms on Shrove ...

Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, will take place on March 4, 2025. Following the Christian liturgical calendar, Mardi Gras is traditionally celebrated on Shrove Tuesday, which falls before Ash Wednesday.

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent begins and there’s nothing we like batter – sorry, better – than marking it by eating pancakes. The day is known to many as Pancake Day, and in the UK ...

Hundreds of people grappled in the street for possession of a heavy leather ball as part of a centuries-old Shrove Tuesday tradition. The Atherstone Ball Game crowned its 823rd winner following ...

which celebrates Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday, an annual parade that takes place before Ash Wednesday. Although not held on a Sunday, if there were any problem with logistics, everything could be ...

In western Christian churches, the day before Lent starts is Shrove Tuesday. This is also known as Pancake Day. This day was traditionally the last chance to use up the foods Christians would not ...

The Mardi Gras season known as "Carnival" commences on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 and concludes on Fat Tuesday, March 4, 2025. While Mardi Gras technically refers to the specific day of Shrove Tuesday ...