What is Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day? 🥞🎭
Pancake day is a Christian feast day in the UK, which is celebrated 47 days before Easter Sunday. Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday, and it is also called Shrove Tuesday.
Why do we celebrate Pancake Day?
Pancake Day is the last day that people can eat foods, which they might give up for Lent. Lent starts the day after Pancake Day on Ash Wednesday.
When did it start?
Eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is a British tradition which dates back to the 16th century.
How is it celebrated?
People celebrate Pancake Day by eating pancakes. These pancakes are eaten in the afternoon, evening or even for dinner. A pancake is a thin, flat cake which is fried in a pan and is normally served with syrup or lemon juice and sugar.
Pancake races are also part of the celebrations. People dress up in fancy dress costumes and race while flipping a pancake in a frying pan.
In French speaking countries, Pancake Day is called Mardi Gras, which means fat Tuesday. This is a Carnival Day when people dress up in colourful costumes and hold parades in the city streets.
