This Sunday is called Fastelavn Sunday or Quinquagesima.In earlier days Fastelavn marked the beginning of the Fasting or Lent.
Today you have the last chance to eat as much as possible, but be aware that tomorrow Blue Monday can be problematic for your body and soul. On Fat Tuesday you need to get as much fat as possible by eating white bread cocked in oil with sugar, or pancakes, because on Ash Wednesday the LENT starts.
Lent is the period preceding Easter that in the Christian Church is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church Lent runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday and so includes forty weekdays.
Enjoy your Fastelavns buns today. Recipe Here
See also a comparison between the Norwegian puritanical symbol of Fastelavn through colorful Brushwood (above), and the spectacular costumes used in the Carnival do Rio de Janeiro:
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Thank you, Arne, for your exquisite blog! For the time beeing I'm at the Multimedia congress in Lima. We're all surfing the net, and I presented your blog to the participants. They were delighted by these latest photographs of yours. The colors are sparkling and beautiful!.
We shall all go to Rio, but only after we have climbed to the Peruvian lost city of Mucho Matcho!
Looking forward to let it all hang out in the Samba! (I've borrowed the hat in the picture).
Have a nice Fastelavns Day!
Rgds Lucy
Her ser jeg at bollene er kommet i hus. Og de er til å bli glad av! Kos dere med "lunchen"
Å komme inn på din blogg nå er rene engelskundervisningen for meg. Håpet er at noe av det jeg leser "sitter" slik at jeg klarer å skrive litt lettere framover.
Bra dame du har fått med på bildet - har hun en blogg? Minstekrav idag.
What beautiful colorful costumes! Over here they celebrate Mardi Gras beofre going into Lent.
Heller karneval i Rio enn fastelavensboller ja....
(lar seg neppe kombinere når en tenker på kleskodeksen :-))
Those buns look yummy and the festival costumes are so colorful.
Hærlige bilder fra deg enno en gang:) Jeg glemte hele fastelaven. Men jeg kan jo lage boller i morgen da. No er sola tilbake hos oss og da gleder jeg meg til fotorunder i solskinn:)
Ha det fint:)
Three very beautiful subject to show.. such colours in the top one..
That top shot and bottom shot are SOOOO COLORFUL. Absolutely beatuful! But that middle shot of the BUN....MMmmmmm.....I would LOVE to have one of those!
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