Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is the last day before the start of Lent, or the Lenten period, in the Catholic tradition. Lent is observed as a period of fasting and self-sacrifice, and Fat Tuesday ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Paczki are typically eaten on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday ... some of those celebrations and traditions melded with Christian ones, Ward said. In Poland, the tradition was to ...

From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday ... Many Roman-Catholic countries and communities celebrate Carnival ...