DC Celebrates Mardi Gras With Annual Pancake Races


    Canon Ralph Godsall, priest vicar at Westminster Abbey in London, participates in his first pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral


    Canon Ralph Godsall, priest vicar at Westminster Abbey in London, participates in his first pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. Pancake racers use frying pans to flip a cake three times while running about 30 meters against fellow competitors. Shrove Tuesday is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian season of Lent. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)




    A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral




    A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral




    A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral


    A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)




    Father Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Albans Parish, flips a pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral




    Father Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Albans Parish, poses with his gold-painted syrup bottle trophy after winning a pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral


    Father Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Albans Parish, poses with his gold-painted syrup bottle trophy after winning a pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


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DC Celebrates Mardi Gras With Annual Pancake Races


Canon Ralph Godsall, priest vicar at Westminster Abbey in London, participates in his first pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral


Canon Ralph Godsall, priest vicar at Westminster Abbey in London, participates in his first pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. Pancake racers use frying pans to flip a cake three times while running about 30 meters against fellow competitors. Shrove Tuesday is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian season of Lent. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)




A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral




A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral




A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral


A competitor looses control of his pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)




Father Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Albans Parish, flips a pancake while racing during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral




Father Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Albans Parish, poses with his gold-painted syrup bottle trophy after winning a pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral


Father Matthew Hanisian, assistant rector at St. Albans Parish, poses with his gold-painted syrup bottle trophy after winning a pancake race during the Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, tradition at the National Cathedral February 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


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