Saturday Saturday
With narrow tailed Saturday is called the Saturday before Ash Wednesday or the day after the sooty Friday .
The term is used almost exclusively in Swabian-Alemannic Carnival (that is, in Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland ), but also in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia .
In the past, eggs and dairy products were banned during Lent , so they had to be used up before Lent began. On Schmalzigen Saturday this was done by preparing carnival donuts and lard noodles .
On the greasy Saturday, those who had been blacked out by others on the sooty Friday had to bring lard-baked cakes as compensation.
The sappy Saturday is considered the quietest day of the Shrove Tuesday week. Carnival parades only take place occasionally ( Moers Carnival, Osnabrück Ossensamstag , Wasung Carnival), and people prepare for the carnival highlights of the following days.
Based on the following day for him ( tulips Sunday , Carnival Monday and Shrove Tuesday ) the schmaltz Saturday is also called "cloves Saturday".
In large parts of Austria, the day is addressed as Mardi Gras Saturday and celebrated with parades, balls and other festive events.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Origin according to www.fasching-karneval.net , accessed on February 20, 2013
- ↑ Homepage of the Grafschafter Karneval eV Moers cultural committee , accessed on February 20, 2013
- ↑ Homepage of the town of Wasungen ( Memento of the original of December 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 20, 2013
- ↑ Google. Retrieved February 26, 2017 (Austrian German).
