Carnival customs, Rethimno

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

Carnival customs - Lerathes, Crete

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

Wedding, Crete

Ellinismos Online
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 ...

Wedding, Pelion

Ellinismos Online
Let's take a stroll through the mountain of the Centaurs, Pelion. Here the traditions are well kept, and even for the wedding ceremony. Housewives ...

Christmas customs, Thessalia

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"To taisma tis vrysis" (The ‘feeding’ of the water fountain") The young girls, the dawn of Christmas and the New Year's Eve in other places, go to ...

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 ...

Carnival customs, Tyrnavos

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Loyal to tradition, the inhabitants of Tirnavos on Tuesday, before the last Sunday of the Carnival, commemorate the celebrations in honor of Dionysus ...

Carnival customs, Elassona

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For 12 years, a separate carnival has been held in Elassona. This is the Flying Carnival, which f pendulous masquerades take part, attracting the ...