This project is a presentation of greek customs. It was accomplished within the eTwinning Project "Collaborative multicultural calendar".

1. November 2016
Collaborative Multicultural Calendar

2. Greece
Our traditional customs

3. January

4. On 1st
January Santa Claus brings gifts
to the kids

5. On 6th
January kids sing the carols for
the Epiphany

6. February

7. Kids wear funny costumes and dance the
traditional dance “Gaitanaki”

8. On Clear Monday we fly kites to the sky

12. March

13. On 1st
March we wear a bracelet made of red and
white thread as a charm to protect us from sun.

14. At the end of the month we hang our bracelets on
tree branches. Birds will take them to make their
nests.

15. April

16. On April First Fool’s Day we make jokes

17. Before Easter we paint eggs.

18. Before Easter we decorate the Epitaph
in the church

19. In the Easter we go to the church to celebrate
Jesus’ Resurrection, holding candles.

20. We throw fireworks to celebrate Easter.

21. May

22. On 1st
May we make a wreath of
flowers

23. July

24. In July farmers harvest their fields.

25. August

26. On 15th
August, we celebrate for
Virgin Mary.

27. It is a day we spend with our
families

28. People go to the church to pray.

29. A lot of people travel to the island of Tinos
to pray at Virgin Mary’s monastery.

30. Some people climb up the cliff where the
monastery is on knees to show their mortification.

31. In the night there are a lot of
festivals.

32. September

33. In September farmers harvest the grapes to make
wine and they celebrate it with great feasts.

34. November

35. Farmers harvest the olive trees to make oil
and they celebrates it with great feasts.

36. December

37. In Christmas we decorate a small boat
instead of a tree,

38. On Christmas and New Year’s eve kids
sing the carols