Shrove Tuesday

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Christian observance moveable feast religious holiday

Shrove Tuesday is a Christian observance and popular festival day preceding Ash Wednesday, marked by feasting, revelry, and traditions such as pancake-making and Mardi Gras celebrations.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Shrove Tuesday canonical 8
Carnival Tuesday 3
Pancake Day 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian observance ⓘ
moveable feast ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
surface form: Carnival Tuesday

Fastelavnssøndag eve ⓘ
Mardi Gras ⓘ
surface form: Fat Tuesday

Carnival ⓘ
surface form: Mardi Gras

Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
surface form: Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
surface form: Pancake Tuesday

Sprengidagur ⓘ
associatedWithPractice absolution ⓘ
carnival parades ⓘ
church services ⓘ
confession ⓘ
consumption of rich foods ⓘ
feasting ⓘ
masquerade ⓘ
pancake races ⓘ
pancake-making ⓘ
penance ⓘ
revelry ⓘ
street festivals ⓘ
use of eggs, fat, and sugar ⓘ
calendarBasis date depends on date of Easter ⓘ
celebratedIn Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Nordic countries ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
etymology derived from Old English "shrive" meaning to obtain absolution ⓘ
follows Quinquagesima Sunday ⓘ
linkedTo Carnaval in Brazil ⓘ
Fastelavn traditions in Scandinavia ⓘ
Mardi Gras celebrations ⓘ
surface form: Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans

Pancake Day customs in the United Kingdom ⓘ
occursBefore Lent ⓘ
occursIn February or March ⓘ
occursOn day before Ash Wednesday ⓘ
partOf Carnival ⓘ
surface form: Carnival season

Pre-Lenten season ⓘ
liturgical year ⓘ
precedes Ash Wednesday ⓘ
purpose preparation for Lent ⓘ
use up rich foods before fasting ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mardi Gras celebrations → occursOn → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Ash Wednesday → occursAfter → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Shrove Tuesday → alsoKnownAs → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pancake Day
Shrove Tuesday → alsoKnownAs → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pancake Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday → alsoKnownAs → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival Tuesday
Feria Quarta Cinerum → follows → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Dies Cinerum → follows → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Ashbourne → ShrovetideFootballPlayedOn → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival → climaxDays → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival Tuesday
Spicemas → climaxEvents → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival Tuesday
Carnival of Martinique → hasRitual → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shrove Tuesday parade
Carnival in Guadeloupe → climaxDay → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Loulé Carnival → occursOn → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
Atherstone → playedOn → Shrove Tuesday ⓘ
subject surface form: Atherstone Ball Game