Pancake day Pancake Day is the traditional day of celebration that precedes the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent, the 40 days before Easter is traditionally a time of fasting. It is a day in February or March which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes. It's probably impossible to know when the tradition starts. Some suggests that pancake day was originally a pagan holiday. Ancient Slavs believed that the change of the season was a fight between Jarillo, the god of vegetation, and the evils spirits of cold and darkness. People believed that they had to help their god so they start making a eating pancakes. They believed that by eating pancakes the got the power and warmth of sun. The first pancake usually was put on the window for the spirits, while the last day all pancakes were brunt in a bonfire as a sacrifie to the pagan gods.
My favorite sports person is Marek Hamsik. He is 30 years old and he is married with Martina Franova and they have three sons, He is a football player and he plays in my favorite team: Napoli. He started his career in Brescia when he was a teenager, and then he moved to Naples. He was named the best young player by Italian player association, and in 2016 he was added in the team of the year. He was also named Slovakian player of the tear for five years. I first heard about him when I was ten years old and I admire him because he plays in my favorite team since many years.
