According to German Carnival tradition, the Thursday before Shrove Tuesday is called Weiberfastnacht (roughly "old maids" day). On the day, women are permitted to symbolically take control in the ...

Laetere, a Latin word, is the command to rejoice, and it appears in the introduction to the mass traditionally read on the day itself. Laetere Sunday is marked by carnival festivities in Wallonia, ...

A carnival float depicts the Catholic Church at the presentation of this year's satirical carnival floats for the Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin ...