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SHROVE TUESDAY WHERE DOES THE WORD SHROVE COME FROM? The name Shrove comes from the old word "shrive" which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages, people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season of Lent began. WHEN IS SHROVE TUESDAY? Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. This day is one of the moveable feasts in the church calendar and is directly related to the date on which Easter falls. Shrove Tuesday is always 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between February 3 and March 9. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT SHROVE TUESDAY? On Shrove Tuesday, we Slovenians have a tradition of wearing masks, preparing carnivals, baking, giving, eating and begging for doughnuts. Doughnuts are usually filled with apricot jam. Children wear all kinds of costumes and masks, so people can’t recognize them, and then wearing the masks they go from house, to house and tell people with mimic that they want doughnuts. The reason that doughnuts are associated with the day preceding Lent is that the 40 days of Lent form a period of liturgical fasting, during which only the plainest foodstuffs may be eaten. SHROVE TUESDAY IN SLOVENIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES In Slovenia, it’s characteristic that we make doughnuts and not pancakes, like America, France, England and most other countries. We also have the tradition of wearing masks, which is also very popular in Netherlands and Sweden, while in other countries they usually just make a celebration, play football, eat all kinds of food that isn’t allowed in the period of lent. KURENT Kurents are characteristic only for Slovenia. Not anyone can be a kurent, because the costumes are very heavy and expensive. The aim of a kurent is to collect as many paper napkins from woman as he can.

Matej Filipančič, Miha Strmčnik, 2.e