Saturday, February 17
3:00PM-5:00PM
Experience how Carnival is celebrated around the world by touring the Language Theme Houses. In no particular order, you may drop in on all or some of the campus language theme houses.
-Try King Cake and play games with Mardi Gras beads at the French House!
-The German House will offer Faschingskrapfen (jam-filled donuts) and face painting!
-Decorate masks at the Italian House!
-Enjoy bliny at the Eastern European House*!
-Enjoy Latin American cuisine at the Spanish House!
Whether it's Mardi Gras in the Francophone world, Fasching in Germany, Carnevale in Italy, Maslenitsa in Russia, or Carnaval in the Hispanic world, Europeans welcomed the return of the sun and the approach of the spring equinox with celebrations involving pancakes, butter, meat, and other traditional foods, games, bonfires, costumes, parades, and role reversals. With the arrival of Christianity, these celebrations spread to the Americas and evolved into one last indulgence before the austerity of the Lent.
*Formerly the Russian House
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Fasching in Germany
Carnevale in Venice, Italy
Maslenitsa in Russia
Carnaval in Colombia
