Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: Shrove Tuesday
King of Rex at City Hall, Mardi Gras Parade, New O…
09 Feb 2016 |
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"King of Rex, receiving the key of the city at City Hall."
Postcards showing floats with Rex , the "King of Carnival," and a dragon (see above and below) during Mardi Gras parades held on Shrove Tuesday in New Orleans.
Rex Parade, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana
09 Feb 2016 |
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"Rex Parade, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, La."
A postcard showing floats from the Rex parade , which is held each year as part of the Mardi Gras celebration on Shrove Tuesday in New Orleans. That's Rex, the King of Carnival, along with the Queen of Carnival, on the first float.
Dragon Float, Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Loui…
09 Feb 2016 |
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"A dragon float, Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, La."
A dragon-themed float from one of the Mardi Gras parades held each year on Shrove Tuesday in New Orleans.
Fastnacht Sociable Ticket, Grace Evangelical Luthe…
04 Mar 2014 |
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"Fastnacht Sociable, by the Altar Society, Grace Ev. Luth. Church, Lect. Room, N. Queen and James, for new church improvem't fund. Admission, refreshment, and entertainment, 10 cts. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1904. Admit one. P.A.P."
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Although this 1904 ticket for a "Fastnacht Sociable" in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, doesn't specify what refreshments were served during this church fundraiser, its shape and the event's name suggest that "fastnachts"--a type of fried doughnut--were on the menu ( fastnachts , however, aren't necessarily round in shape and may not have a hole in the middle).
As Wikipedia explains, " Fastnacht Day , is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday , the day before Ash Wednesday....Traditionally, fastnachts are made to use up the lard, sugar, butter, eggs and other rich foods in a house before the austere diet of Lent begins."
Fastnacht Day--which fell on Tuesday, March 4, in 2014--continues to be observed in central Pennsylvania, and a number of Catholic and Protestant churches in the area each make as many as 100,000 fasnachts to sell.
Some fastnacht makers use special recipes, such as one which produces an uncoated yeast-raised potato doughnut that's square in shape with no hole, while others--including many grocery and convenience stores--simply repackage their regular sugared or glazed doughnuts and label them as fastnachts.
See Sue Gleiter's article, " What Is a Fastnacht? Apparently More Than Just a Fried Doughnut ," PennLive.com, March 3, 2014, for additional information on making, selling, and eating fasnachts.
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For a ticket to another church-sponsored "fastnacht social," see Annual Fastnacht Social, St. Andrew's Reformed Sunday School, Reading, Pa., Feb. 21, 1950 .
Annual Fastnacht Social Ticket, St. Andrew's Refor…
04 Mar 2014 |
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"Annual Fastnacht Social, sponsored by Beginner's, Primary, and Junior Depts., St. Andrew's Reformed Sunday School, Spruce Street off Perkiomen Avenue, Tuesday, February 21, 1950. Supper served from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets, 10 cents."
Although "fastnachts"--a type of fried doughnut--are eaten in central Pennsylvania on Fastnacht Day , it's not known whether the traditional treat was featured as part of this "Fasnacht Social" supper held as a church fundraiser in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Shrove Tuesday in 1950.
For additional information on Fastnacht Day, see Fastnacht Sociable, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 16, 1904 .
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