We celebrate the Carnival feast !!!

WHAT?

• Carnival is a festive season where we celebrate the entrance in Lent. So, we also celebrate the upcoming Easter!

WHEN?

• The main events of the Carnival feast are usually celebrated during February, forty days before Easter.

WHERE?

• We celebrate the Carnival feast in several amusement places, houses and parades all around Greece. Two cities, Xanthi and Patra celebrate this feast in a particular way, with great big parades with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in them.

• In Other cities Carnival is celebrated with a traditonal way (e.g. in Kozani)

HOW?

• Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations, which mark an overturning of daily life.

WHY?

• We celebrate Carnival, a custom of our tradition, because when it stops we start the period of fasting and therefore Easter.

SO, LET’S CELEBRATE THE CARNIVAL FEAST TOGETHER!!!