While the world typically celebrates Carnival in February, a few German Carnival strongholds actually get an early start at ...

Germany's Carnival season gets under way on Monday, with tens of thousands of revellers expected once again in the western ...

Historically speaking, Quebec City's carnival, like those in New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro, was a chance to celebrate before Lent, the period of fasting and penitence that led up to Easter.

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

The painting depicts the folk traditions surrounding Carnival and Lent in the German lands in the early decades of the Reformation. The selection of music and readings explores the more universal ...

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 16th-century painting 'The Fight Between Carnival and Lent' contains hidden playing cards. This detailed scene, full of lively activities and over 200 characters ...

The Rio Carnival, a festival celebrated every year before Lent, is considered the biggest carnival in the world. When players happen to be competing in the Rio Open at the same time, they just ...

Basel Fasnacht, as in some other mainly Protestant regions, takes place after the beginning of Lent and this year begins on February 18. The biggest carnival in Switzerland’s French-speaking ...

The painting depicts the folk traditions surrounding Carnival and Lent in the German lands in the early decades of the Reformation. The selection of music and readings explores the more universal ...