"CELEBRATIONS" By Franco Isa

1. GREECE
Name: Franco Isa
Grade:7th Mozart
Teacher: Miss Ursula Tello

2. Feast of St. Brasil
This is associated
with a good start for
the new year. An old
Byzantine custom of
slicing the Vassilopita
(Basilcake or New
Year Cake) gives the
person who finds the
hidden coin in his
slice, good luck for
the year.
This is celebrate on
January the first.

3. Good Friday
On Good Friday
people of the
towns and
villages carry
candles and
follow the
procession of the
Epitaph.
NOTE: (epitaph means
tumba).
25 july

4. Feast of Saint George
Feast of Saint
George is
celebrated on
Lemnos in the
village of Kaliopi
with horse races.
In Arahova there
is a three day
non-stop feast.
17 october

5. European day
It is not an ordinary day.
It’s the summer solstice
– the longest day of the
year.
And it is also European
Music Day. Music all
over Greece for three
days.
If you are in Athens
there will be live shows
in every square in town.