SHROVE TUESDAY The St Andrew’s College boys embraced the camaraderie and spirited Inter-House rivalry that the annual Pancake Races bring each Shrove Tuesday. This year, Merriman House emerged victorious in the much-anticipated showdown. The race challenges competitors to navigate an obstacle course while transporting their pancakes intact, no easy feat under pressure! Full of laughter and lively support from the sidelines, the event once again proved to be a highlight on the College calendar, f

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Mardi Gras also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”, referring to it being the last day of consuming rich, fatty foods, most notably red meat, in preparation for the Christian fasting season of Lent, during which such foods are avoided. Mardi Gras in Louisiana In 1875, Governor Warmoth signed the “Mardi Gras Act” making Fat Tues