Shrove Tuesday after Denmark became a Protestant nation, the holiday became less specifically religious. This holiday occurs seven weeks before Easter Sunday, with children dressing up in costumes and gathering treats for the Fastelavn feast. The holiday is generally considered to be a time for children's fun and family games. In Iceland, the day is known as "Sprengidagur" (Bursting Day) and is marked by eating salted meat and peas. In Lithuania, the day is called "Užgavėnės". People eat pancakes ("blynai") and Lithuanian-style doughnuts. In Sweden, the day is called Fettisdagen (Fat Tuesday), and is generally celebrated by eating a type of pastry
Greater Rio de Janeiro the Guanabara Bay municipalities and major inter-city freeways such as the Rio–Niterói Bridge, Red Line, President Dutra freeway and Niterói-Manilha freeway. Most transportation methods are integrated with the capital inner-transportation system of buses, trains, metro, freeways and expressways. + 1,000,000 400,000 – 999,999 100,000 – 399,999 -100,000 The 21 municipalities of the area are: Greater Rio de Janeiro Greater Rio de Janeiro, officially Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region ("Grande Rio", officially "Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro", in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest