Uganda, Feb. 13 -- Christians across the world February 14 start fasting, a season in which they are ushered in on the traditional Ash Wednesday.

While lent period lasts at least 40 days, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season wherein devotees receive an ash in the forehead.

Believers are expected to observe lent period with self-sacrifice, prayer, and other religious activities leading up to Easter, the day believed to be when Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

During mass, the Priest inscribes ash on the foreheads of Christians.

The Ash symbolizes human mortality as "having been created using dust and to dust we shall return."

It also symbolizes the Christian action to grieve for the death of Jesus Christ. The Ash is usually...