The annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration of Fastnacht Day falls on Shrove Tuesday and marks the end of the pre-Lenten season. Lent begins the following day, on Ash Wednesday, and is a period ...

Music was provided by the Die Schwadore Schalle (Swatara Sounds) choral group of youth and adults who sang a variety of songs in the PA German (Dutch) dialect. Some of the songs were familiar and ...

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What started in 1950 as three folklorists inviting outsiders to see what Pennsylvania Dutch living was all about blossomed into an over week long festival. {{description}} Email notifications ...

Fastnachts are a specific type of donut and are known as a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. They are similar to beignets and doughnuts, but are often larger and without a hole in the middle.

Fasnacht Day, the annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration where practitioners fill up before the Lenten fast, will be held this year on Tuesday, March 4. Traditionally held the day before the season ...

Fastnachts are pastries that are similar to doughnuts but more dense. HistoryFasnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

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