Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras.
Actually, the day before Ash Wednesday is more properly known as "Shrove Tuesday".
Shrove Tuesday [to be shriven means to have your sins forgiven, so go to Confession ]
Ash Wednesday is the day that kicks off the start of Lent.
The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is commonly referred to as "Fat Tuesday."
The Sunday before Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of lent - a period of 40 days before Easter (not including Sundays). Easter is always on a Sunday, and therefore Ash Wednesday is always on a Wednesday. In 2009 Ash Wednesday is on Wednesday 25th February.
No, it's the day before (Shrove Tuesday).
In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is 40 days before Easter, excluding Sundays.
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday in French) represents the time of splurging on different foods and drinks before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, which is why Mardi Gras is always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
Catholic AnswerYou are probably thinking of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. It falls forty days before Easter; I have never heard of "ash day".
It is the day before Ash Wednesday each year.
The day before Ash Wednesday a.k.a Fat Tuesday
It is the day before Ash Wednesday every year.
Mardi Gras. In English, it's fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Actually, in England, the day before Ash Wednesday is called Shrove Tuesday. we make pancakes, this has absolutely nothing to do with beads.