Shrove Tuesday

Summary

Shrove Tuesday is a fair^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of fair entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,698 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shrove Tuesday's instance of is recorded as fair^[3].
• Shrove Tuesday's instance of is recorded as Slavic holiday^[4].
• Shrove Tuesday followed Shrove Monday^[5].
• Shrove Tuesday was followed by Ash Wednesday^[6].
• Shrove Tuesday is part of Shrovetide^[7].
• Shrove Tuesday is part of Slavic carnival^[8].
• Shrove Tuesday is part of Q10273189^[9].
• Shrove Tuesday's Commons category is recorded as Shrove Tuesday^[10].
• Shrove Tuesday's said to be the same as is recorded as kusaki^[11].
• Shrove Tuesday's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as Easter − 47 days^[12].
• Shrove Tuesday's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shrove Tuesday^[13].
• Shrove Tuesday's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• Shrove Tuesday's partially coincident with is recorded as Mardi Gras^[15].
• Shrove Tuesday's day of week is recorded as Tuesday^[16].
• Shrove Tuesday's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Wiki-inventory for living heritage^[17].
• Shrove Tuesday's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage^[18].

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Context

Part of include Shrovetide^[7]; Slavic carnival^[8], a type of carnival^[19]; and Q10273189^[9], a party^[20], in Spain^[21]. Recorded instance of include fair^[3] and Slavic holiday^[4]. Shrove Tuesday followed Shrove Monday^[5]. It was followed by Ash Wednesday^[6].

Why It Matters

Shrove Tuesday ranks in the top 1% of fair entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,698 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]