Christmas customs, Epirus

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"The lighted kermes oak" When Christ was born and the shepherds went to worship, the night was dark. They found dry kermes oak somewhere and cut its ...

Wedding, Agrinio

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INVITATION The invitation to the marriage of relatives, friends and villagers was done with a red apple, which they were skewering with cloves or ...

Wedding, Paramithia of Thesprotia

Virginia K.
In Paramithia of Thesprotia, on the day of the wedding it is customary for the vlamis (the groom's best friend) to leave with friends – an even ...

Wedding, Fthiotida

Dimitris Amfissa
On the Sunday before the wedding, the groom's friends offer to the bride and the groomsman a pie (bread of various designs), made by the groom's ...

Carnival customs - Tzamales, Ioannina

Virginia K.
On the last Sunday of the Carnival in Ioannina, "Tzamales" are celebrated. Tzamales are big fires, where masquerades dance in double and triple rows ...

Carnival customs, Arta

Virginia K.
Every year the Women's Carnival takes place. It is an event organized by groups of women (exclusively). Every Wednesday before Carnival they parade ...

Carnival customs, Preveza

Ellinismos Online
Here also takes place the Carnival of Women every year. It is a custom of many decades, requiring only women participation. On Tsiknopempti a parade ...