Carnival customs - Kalogeros, Kalampaki Dramas

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The custom event of Kalogeros (= good old man) is celebrated on Monday of Tirini. Its roots lie in ancient ceremonies, in which people asked the ...

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, Thassos

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Marriage in that old age in the village was an important event, a landmark in the life of two people who probably did not know each other and had ...

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, Avgi Lagada, Thessaloniki

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On the day of the wedding, the groom's friends go to his house to shave him and then dress him. After shaving, the process of dressing begins, during ...

Christmas customs, Macedonia

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"Christoxylo" In the villages of Northern Greece, on Christmas Eve, the landlord of each house searches in the fields and brings home the most ...

Carnival customs - the Bouboubes, Kastoria

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On Sunday of the great Carnival the great fires at the great squares of the city, in Kastoria, revive at dusk. It is a pre-Christian custom that has ...

Carnival customs - Boules in Imathia

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Boules is the oldest carnival custom of Naousa, Imathia. It is difficult today to find its roots, as it happens with most of our customs. But all its ...

Carnival customs - Fanoi, Kozani

Antonis Zot.
A special feature of the Carnival of Kozani is the lights, fires that are lit up in the neighborhoods of the city, while an outdoor feast is set ...

Carnival customs - Koudounoforoi, Sohos of Thessaloniki

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In Sohos of Thessaloniki, the "Koudounoforoi", a remnant of Dionysian worship, appear. With goat-like uniforms and bells all over their body, they ...

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

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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 ...