Greece
The Monday before Ash Wednesday is called Kathari Theftera, or Clean Monday. Clean Monday is a national holiday in Greece. Families go to the countryside or beaches to have picnics. The Greek Orthodox Christians give up any animal products during Lent.
Canada
The days of fast and abstinence in Canada are from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday. In Canada, Fridays are days of abstinence. So Catholics can substitute special acts of charity or piety on this day. During Lent, the focus is always on the prayers and readings of the season.
Bermuda
Families fly kites made with wooden sticks on Good Friday to represent both the cross that Jesus died on and his Ascension into heaven.