Carnival Thursday

Carnival Thursday

Between January 29 and March 4; Thursday before Shrove Tuesday
This is the day on which pre-Lenten celebrations, such as Carnival, traditionally begin, ending several days later on Shrove Tuesday night. These celebrations often take the form of wild revelry, which is perhaps why it also has been referred to as Mad Thursday .
SOURCES:
DictDays-1988, pp. 19, 72
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Carnival Thursday (Fat Thursday or Women's Carnival) is another important date, when street carnival is opened at 11 minutes past 11 at Rhenish market places.
THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF CARNIVAL: COLLECTIVE EFFERVESCENCE IN GERMANY'S RHINELAND
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