Wedding, Thrace

Elpiniki Kal
Among the countless Thracian traditions of marriage, the characteristic is the "kouliki", that is, the brioche (sweet bread) of the wedding made by ...

Christmas customs, Thrace

Elpiniki Kal
‘Tsoumakes’ On Christmas Eve morning, many children groups came into the dark alleyways of the villages holding thick and long woods that are called ...

Carnival customs - the burn of Tzaros, Xanthi

Elpiniki Kal
Tzaros or Tzarous, according to the inhabitants of East Thrace, was a constructed man-effigy, placed on a mass of yew trees. On the last Sunday of ...

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 ...