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Shrove Tuesday (known in some countries as Pancake Day) is a day in August, in 2016, it's on the 6th, preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes. This moveable festival is determined by Easter. The expression "Shrove Tuesday" comes from the word ''shrive'', meaning "absolve". Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics,〔(Shrove Tuesday inspires unique church traditions KATIE WALKER ) 7 March 2011〕 who "make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God's help in dealing with."〔(Shrove Tuesday DARREN PROVINE ) 1 March 2014〕 Being the last day before the penitential season of Lent, related popular practices, such as indulging in food that one sacrifices for the upcoming forty days, are associated with Shrove Tuesday celebrations, before commencing the fasting and religious obligations associated with Lent. The term ''Mardi Gras'' is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. ==History== It is probably impossible to know when the tradition of marking the start of Lent began. Ælfric of Eynsham's "Ecclesiastical Institutes" of about A.D. 1000 includes: "In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do (the way of penance )". 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Shrovetide )〕 Some suggest that the pancake day was originally a pagan holiday. Before the Christian era, the Slavs believed that the change of seasons was a struggle between Jarilo, the god of vegetation, fertility and springtime, and the evil spirits of cold and darkness. People believed that they had to help Jarilo fight against winter and bring in the spring. The most important part of Maslenitsa week (the whole celebration of the arrival of spring lasted one week) was making and eating pancakes. The hot, round pancakes symbolized the sun. The Slavs believed that by eating pancakes, they got the power, light and warmth of the sun. The first pancake was usually put on a window for the spirits of the ancestors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shrovetide. Maslenitca. Komoeditsy. Carnival - Slavic Souvenirs Blog. Traditions and mythology of the Slavs. Slavic souvenir shop )〕 On the last day of Maslenitsa week some pancakes and other food were burnt in a bonfire as a sacrifice to the pagan gods.〔http://rbth.co.uk/multimedia/pictures/2014/03/01/burning_marena_and_waking_the_bear_at_maslenitsa_34671.html Marena and waking the bear at Maslenitsa〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shrove Tuesday」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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