Carnival customs - Lerathes, Crete

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In Crete, they celebrate the days of carnival with special intensity, as guitars and mandolins lead the events and accompany the masquerades in the ...

Carnival customs, Rethimno

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Cantata singers with guitars, mandolin and old melodies. The masquerades will pass through the Great Door and dance in the streets of the "Little" ...

The battle of Crete

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Until April 1941, Germans had easily conquered Greece, except for the Island of Crete. Germans had great military power –soldiers and equipment-, so ...

Wedding, Crete

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As for Crete, here the wedding holds some days and nights! Raki flows unceasingly, the kserotigana (fried pastry) are at the forefront, as well as ...

Christmas customs, Crete

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«Xygopites» (suet pie or suet pitta) On Christmas Eve, in the villages of eastern Crete, the Day of Agii Deka (Ten Saints) is celebrated. As part of ...