Shrove Tuesday
- Date:
- Tuesday, 12th February 2013
- Age Restrictions:
- No Min Age
Shrove Tuesday - also known as Pancake Day - is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is celebrated throughout the UK by the cooking and eating of pancakes - a last feast before the fasting and self-denial of Lent. In some places pancake races are held, where participants run along tossing a pancake as they go. Another name for Shrove Tuesday is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, so called because of the tradition of eating rich food before fasting for Lent. The famous New Orleans Mardi Gras is celebrated on this day.
