There are lots of customs surrounding Carnival in Luxembourg. Carnival Monday is February 15th this year. © www.cavalcade-remich.lu Traditionally, in the Christian calendar, fasting starts on Ash Wednesday 17th February for 40 days, so the days leading up to it were days of feasting, to use up food in the house and to enjoy oneself before the days without food or entertainment. It is customary these days for people not too fast but to give up something they like for the perio