King cake — a colorful brioche cake with a good luck plastic baby inside — is eaten around Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras but can ...

Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, is less than a month away. Here's what to know about the end of the vibrant ...

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Valentine's Day might be top of mind for most people, but Mardi Gras is coming up, too. Here's what you need to know about celebrating the holiday.

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For the past two years, this town has been the epicenter of the celebrations for “Vodun Days,” the festival of traditional religions. In Benin, “Thursday, January 9, and Friday, January 10 ...

The Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of ...

In many Protestant and Roman Catholic Christian churches ... which translates to "Fat Tuesday." Mardi Gras is known for elaborate parades, colorful costumes, lively music, and street celebrations.

If these stories are viewed only as folklore, religion risks becoming limited to mere traditional ritualism. However, when viewed through the lens of philosophy, especially with the clarity ...

In 2018, Vox commissioned me to write a story about medieval Catholic ideas and the radical transformation of American politics that had vaulted Donald Trump to the presidency. I thought it would ...