Talk:Fat Thursday
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"gluttony and belly worship"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.184.192.117 (talk • contribs)
- Exactly. Aren't religious traditions great? Kpalion 18:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
If the article was about Mardi Gras in New Orleans, I would agree. But I have never experienced Fat Thursday as such a bacchanalia. Yuiuhbiu 18:00, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clarify meaning, please!
From the first sentence: "a traditional Polish and German feast marking the last Thursday before Lent (because Lent is fast time such opportunity arrives on Easter)." The part in parentheses makes no sense and I don't understand what the author was actually trying to say. JoshieTV 01:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
- According to the history, that parenthetical note was added on 21 April 2006 by an anonymous user. I just left a note on their talk page User talk:193.0.96.15, asking for clarification. If we don't get any response, I think it would be reasonable to delete it from the article and just let the question remain on this discussion page. ~~ Mpwrmnt 06:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I was going to comment on the same thing. I am sure it is trying to say something about no feast till Easter. -- Beardo 06:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Hmmm... so you did! But it appears that when you restored the See Also you also restored said parenthetical phrase! <g> Anyway, subsequently several of us have put some effort into making the sentence meaningful & I think it's close to being good! ~~ Mpwrmnt 12:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
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I'm not clear on why Fat Thursday is the last day to feast before Easter. Friday has always been a day of pennance in many traditional Christian faiths. And Sunday, in many cultures, is supposed to be about worship and introspection, rather than a holiday or a day off. But what about Saturday, Monday, and (of course) Fat Tuesday? It would appear that no one has told the folks in New Orleans that their last day to party was the preceeding Thursday. I seem to recall reading that in some of the Orthodox churches Lent not only begins at a slightly different time of year (some times at least...due to their use of the Julian calendar and the concept of "liturgical" equinox) but also on a different day of the week (i.e. not Wednesday). Could this be tied into that? Just call me a calendar geek. PurpleChez (talk) 17:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Spain
I think, these are also fat Thursdays (in Spain):
ca:Dijous gras es:Jueves Lardero
--Alex1011 (talk) 12:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hamtramck
Is the last day of feasting, Fat Thursday, during the week previous to Ash Wednesday, or is it the day after Ash Wednesday? If it is during the preceeding week, then what do the observant eat from that Thursday on through Ash Wednesday (is the fast actually longer than the 40 days of Lent)? If Fat Thursday is the day after Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of the Lenten Fast, does that mean that the observant can break their fast, briefly, the day after Ash Wednesday? I grew up in thePolish neighborhood, Hamtramck, and I've never heard of Fat Thursday. We always ate paczki on Paczki Day, which is the same day as Fat Tuesday. I think the author made a mistake. Neil Thomas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.102.22.76 (talk) 13:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
