Let me start out by saying...
H a p p y M a r d i G r a s !
Being someone that was raised by immigrant parents (both of them are from Europe) Mardi Gras was never really on my radar until I was about 12 and we learned about it in my Catholic grade school. However, the concept of celebrating and having fun in a completely human sense before a time of fasting and re-evaluating my faith and life is not completely foreign to me.
When I was younger I remember attending elaborate Carnaval costume parties and getting to dress up in fancy dresses and masks.
Then last year I got to study abroad in Italy and celebrate Carnevale in Venice which was absolutely a dream come true!
Seeing all of the people in the streets in their costumes and their amazingly beautiful masks, and being able to be apart of that was an experience that I will never forget.
Carnaval in Poland as in every place that celebrates it lasts about 2 weeks. The last Thursday of Carnaval my family, and all Polish people celebrate Tlusty Czwartek!
On Tlusty Czwartek we eat these donuts called pączki, and mmmmm are they yummy!
My favorite flavor is raspberry!
In Poland, pączki were made right before Lent because they were a way to use up ingredients in a household that were not supposed to be used as much or at all during Lent.
I really love my family's traditions of Carneval because instead of packing all of my celebration into one day, I get to have 2 weeks worth of it!
Do You have any special Mardi Gras/Carneval traditions?
-Jennie
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