Helvetia celebrated winter and the changing of the seasons on Saturday with its annual Fasnacht tradition, with the German term "Fasnacht" meaning "Fasting Night," marking the occasion with an ...

Traditionally held the day before the season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Fasnacht Day is a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition brought to the United States from Germany. "Fasnacht translates into ...

The Pennsylvania Dutch call it Fasnacht. F-A-S-N-A-C-H-T. Pennsylvania Germans like Mary Ellen Bingman of Wind Gap calls them something else. "I'm Pennsylvania German," said Bingman in German.

This includes Fasnacht, which is currently being celebrated as we speak. Bethesda announced the Fasnacht festivities are held between February 18th and March 4th in the town of Helvetia.

Fasnacht, a Pennsylvania Dutch treat, means “night before the fast” in German. The smell of frying dough wafted through the air outside the community center as volunteers made countless ...

Editor's note: The attached video is from Fasnacht Day 2023. Fasnacht Day, the annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration where practitioners fill up before the Lenten fast, will be held this year on ...