Shrove week

Now, in This week is the known as Shrove Week. this week It marks the transition from the winter to early springtime and it also is the beginning of the Lent period. 
Traditionally, Shrove was and is a pagan event but the Christianity also wanted to celebrate it but refused do its refusing its origins. 
Especially in During the dictatorship of Franco in Spain, we didn't have Shrove. When the democracy began the Shrove came again. returned. In Spain, the Shrove is very important in a lot of villages and towns in width of Spain. throughout the country.
In many villages, especially those that are in remote places, the Shrove is very particular unique and totally different to from other villages. 

In the whole Throughout Spain the Shrove lasts one week but mainly the only time that two moments where the people disguise with funny fancy dress wear funny costumes are during the two weekends, especially the first Sunday which is named as Shrove Sunday and the last Sunday or "Domingo de piñatas". 
In the middle of this week, nowadays, on Wednesday is celebrated we now celebrate "El entierro de la sardina" or "the burial of the sardine" but some centuries ago this event was done on the Tuesday before, for exemple and in France this is celebrated as "Le Mardi gras". 
This burial is a parade where people put on fancy dresses costumes and carry  one a coffin with a huge sardine is carried on their shoulders. People laugh and drink. 
The Christianity take this day, Wednesday, to celebrate the first day of Lent. This day is known as "Miércoles de ceniza" or Ash Wednesday. The meaning of this day or this and the week is to broke break with the old life and start a new one. with a new life. For the Christians people the meaning it is a time to be sorry for  of their sins. 

Indeed, the actual meaning comes to us thousands of years ago when people could not store foods  didn't conservated some food, like meat, fishes, milk and so on. etc. Then in this time but rather ate all the food are eaten in big feasts in at this time. 
These feasts became in During these feasts where people dressed as up as other people or characters. With the passage of Over time, these disguised people began to criticize desguised critizised to the public personages figures or events. 

Nowadays, the Shrove week has become very similiar this sense, but in many towns the celebrations is similar to others places, the Shrove and has lost its true meaning. It is a standard festival. 

Next time I'll tell you how is the Shrove is in my town.

Fascinating and very timely!  Well done Dani!  I hope my changes have not altered the meaning of your post.  For some strange reason I corrected your post using colors but none of them appeared when I submitted it.  Oh well, I think you can still see what I have done.

Shrove week

This week is the Shrove Week; this week marks the transition from the winter to early springtime, and also the begining of Lent.
Traditionally Shrove was and is a pagan event but it was also adopted by Christianity who ignored (or disregarded) its  origins.
During the distatorship of Franco in Spain didn't have Shrove. When the Democracy came to Spain, the Shrove came again. In Spain the Shrove is very important in a lot of villages and towns throughout Spain.
In many villages, especially those that are in remote places, the Shrove is very individual (or celebrated in a specifically local way) and totally different to other villages.

In the whole Spain the Shrove lasts one week, but mainly the two moments where the people disguise with funny fancy dress are the two weekends, especially the first Sunday which is named as Shrove Sunday and the last Sunday or "Domingo de piñatas".
In the middle of this week, nowadays, on Wednesday is celebrated "El entierro de la sardina" or "the burial of the sardine" but some centuries ago this happened on the previous  Tuesday. In  France is celebrated "Le Mardi gras".
This burial is a parade where people put on fancy dresses and one coffin with a huge sardine is carried on shoulders. People laugh and drink.
In teh christian tradition , Wednesday marks the fist day of Lent. This day is known as "Miércoles de ceniza" or Ash Wednesday. The meaning of this day or this week is to broke with the old life and start with a new life. For the Christian people it is a time to ask forgiveness for  their sins.

Indeed, the real meaning derives from thousands of years ago in an era when  people were unable to preserve some food, like meat, fishes, milk and so on. They had no choice but to eat everything up in a big feast before Lent started, hence the tradition of big feasts.
These feasts develpped into occcassions when  people dressed as other people or characters. With the passage of time, people disguised critizised to the public personages or events. (Do you mean the fancy dress tradition developed into a custom of making fun of public figures?)

Nowadays the Shrove week retains this tradition but in many towns the celebrations are uniform and have no religious or historicalsignificance.

Next time I'll tell you how is the Shrove in my town.