Carnival is celebrated in Greece during February, forty days before Easter, as a festive season before the period of fasting for Easter. It is celebrated in various amusement places, houses, and parades across Greece, especially with large parades in Xanthi and Patra involving hundreds of thousands of people. Carnival typically involves public celebrations and parades where people dress up or masquerade to mark an overturning of daily life before the fasting period for Easter.

1. We celebrate the Carnival feast !!!

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

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

4. 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)

5. 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.

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

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