Shrove Tuesday
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About Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday, which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes.
Olney: The town where a pancake race is a global event
... So what makes this pancake race so special? The people of Olney take their annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race very seriously indeed...
Atherstone ball game returns for 822nd year after pandemic break
...A Warwickshire town kicked off its ancient Shrove Tuesday ball game following a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic...
Week in pictures: 22-28 February
... The game has very few rules, is played over two eight-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and ash Wednesday...
Shrove Tuesday: Surrey police with a pancake in the hunt for suspects
...Thomas McKeogh, 45, from Hayes, is wanted in connection with failure in court A police marking Shrove Tuesday by working with a crepe artist in search of suspected criminals...
Shrove Tuesday football: 'No quarter asked'
... Each of the winners - including the three victorious members of the Adcock family gets to keep the ball the Shrove Tuesday football games back have been certificated to the country as far as the 12th century, according to Dr...
In pictures: the battle of The oranges
...Once a year, in the run-up to Shrove Tuesday, the citizens of the medieval town of Ivrea in Italy, gather in the village to hurl space oranges to each other...
Week in pictures: 22-28 February
A selection of news photos around The World This Week .
A pair of kissing each other with their masks on, while waiting for a train in Shanghai, China. More Than a month since the Covid-19-outbreak, are on The Streets of Shanghai is relatively empty as The City continues To Live after the virus-control measures. Officers wearing protective masks stand outside the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, closed by the authorities due to the Covid-19-outbreak. The Number of cases in Italy, caused by the coronavirus jumped to 400, and on Wednesday is the main focus of the infections in Europe. A member of the Portela samba school performs during The First night of the Rio carnival parades at the Sapucai Sambadrome in Brazil. The Dean of York, The Rt. Pastor Dr. Jonathan Frost, and members of the Minster's works Department building, the almost time of the cross, to the York Minster . The huge wooden cross planks of rough scaffolding in the Cathedral of the workshop and will remain in force until the Feast of Pentecost, in June. Tyson Fury celebrates winning the WBC heavyweight Boxing title rematch bout against Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas , nearly 15 months after their controversial draw. US President, Donald Trump throws rose petals to pay tribute at Raj Ghat , The Memorial to Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to India. Competitors from the opposing teams, to reach The Up 'ards and Down'ards, for The Ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide football match in Ashbourne, England. The aim of the mass-participation game is to shoot a "destination" with the aim of The Ball to the millstones, which is located at the opposite ends of The City - about three miles from each other. The Game has very few rules, is played over two eight-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday . Swans paddling in high water in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, after further rain in the already high water levels rose after the last storm caused the River Severn to injure emergency response workers. Senator Elizabeth Warren is reflected in a student's glasses, as she speaks at a "Get Out the Vote" rally at South Carolina State University before the South Carolina Primary. Warren is running to be the Democratic Challenger Donald Trump in the November US presidential elections. Orphaned elephant calves have a special formula, the holders when Reteti Elephant Sanctuary Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy are fed in Kenya. The community is owned and operated elephant sanctuary provides care for abandoned or orphaned elephant calves for release back to The Wild as they approach the age of four years. The Sanctuary also benefits from The Local Samburu people, the one as an extension of the community-driven grassroots conservation movement in Northern Kenya. Quaden Bayles leads the Indigenous All Stars on The Field with captain Joel Thompson during The National Rugby League Indigenous All-Stars vs Kiwis Maori match at Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast in Australia. Bayles, lives with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, was invited to lead the All Stars in the stadium, after a video posted by his mother about him being bullied, went viral.documentary photography, photography
Source of news: bbc.com
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