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Greece Is Apokries: The Country’s Most Interesting Carnival Celebrations
Throughout Greece myriad different customs and rituals are observed during the Carnival period in order to awaken and enliven nature and people alike.
By Olga Charami, Lina Kapetaniou, Vasiliki Kerasta | March 8th, 2019
Galaxidi – Flour Wars
In Galaxidi flour is a vital ingredient of Clean Monday. The local Alevromoutzouromata (literally meaning “flour smearings”) is a unique custom in Greece, one which is thought to have been brought to Galaxidi by sailors either from Sicily or India, and which represents the pinnacle of Carnival celebrations in the wider area.
On Clean Monday the ordinarily quiet and serene harbor of Galaxidi becomes the setting for high-spirited mayhem. Residents and visitors don old clothes, arm themselves with bags flour and engage in an all out flour-flinging war.
In recent years, many have taken to adding coloring to the flour; donning gas masks for protection, they throw themselves into the event with childlike glee. In the evening, as the celebration winds down, many wash off with a bracing dip in the sea.
If you’re a first-timer or simply prefer to stay out of the line of fire, stick to the right side of the harbor in Pera Panta, a pretty promenade that leads to the statue of the Wife of the Seafarer.
In the traditional carnival costumes of Amfissa, leather dominates, reflecting the fact that leather tanning was once a thriving trade in the town.
Stars of the Carnival celebrations of Amfissa are tall, otherworldly human figures. The leather they wear and the bells that hang from these Stoichia (Ghosts) reflect the fact that leather tanning and bell-making were once key trades in the town.
The focus of the reenactments is the neighborhood of Harmaina, near the well where, according to legend, a girl by the name of Lenio was struck by lightning. Her longtime suitor, Konstantis, was unable to cope with her loss and committed suicide. Since then his ghost is said to have haunted the area.
The legend is now a key part of the local Carnival celebrations. On the Friday night the ritual of the “Waking of Konstantis” is held, which ‘wakes’ him and many other specters. The custom reaches its peak on Saturday with a large procession of these otherworldly figures passing through the dimly-lit streets before reaching the town’s central square.
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