υ Σβθ Κυλδαεά βμ Συλδθάμ εζ έθ δ κ Σλδυ δκ, η α ΰζΫθ δα, κυμ ηα εαλϊ μ εαδ κυμ ξκλκτμέ βθ π λδκξά ηαμ η Ϊ κθ π λδθσ, κδ θ σ λκδ αβ κτθ υΰθυηβ ΰδα α ζϊγβ κυμ απσ κυμ βζδεδπηϋθκυμ εαδ λυθ Ϋθα αυΰσέ Μ απ δθά εαλ δϊ γα θβ Ϋοκυθ σζβ βθ αλαεκ ά εαδ γα κυΰελέ κυθ κ εσεεδθκ αυΰσ κ ΠΪ ξα η Ϊ βθ ΑθΪ α βέ Σκ ίλϊ υ εαέθ εαδ κθ εαλθϊίαζκέ Έθαθ αξυλϋθδκ ηα εαλϊέ Σκυ ίϊακυθ φπ δϊ, λαΰκυ κτθ εαδ ξκλ τκυθ ΰτλπ κυέ Σα ΰζΫθ δα ζ δυθκυθ βθ πση θβ η α Κκτζκυηα εαδ κ πϋ αΰηα κυ ξαλ α κτέ Κπθ αθ έθκμ Αλαηπα αάμ Tyrinis Sunday τn Tyrinis Sunday the period called Triodio finishes, with feasts, dances and masquerades. In our area after the evening ritual, the younger apologize for their mistakes to the elder and eat an egg. With humble heart they will fast throughout the forty days before Easter and will crack the red Easter egg after the Resurrection. In the evening they burn the effigy of the carnival which is made of straw. They burn him singing and dancing around him. The celebrations end the next day which is called Koulouma and that is when people fly a kite.(the first Monday of the Lent) Constantinos A.
ο ο Χ α α Η ξϊ εα έθαδ απκελδϊ δεκ Ϋγδηκέ Σκ ίλϊ υ βμ Κυλδαεάμ βμ υλκφϊΰκυ, βζα ά πλδθ ιβη λυ δ β εαγαλά υ Ϋλα εαδ αλξέ δ β αλαεκ ά κυ ΠΪ ξα α παδ δϊ βμ κδεκΰϋθ δαμ ηαα τκθ αθ εαδ Ϋεαθαθ ετεζκέ βθ ηϋ β εαγσ αθ κ πα Ϋλαμ ά κ παππκτμ κ κπκέκμ ελα κτ Ϋθαθ πζϊ βέ βθ Ϊελβ κυ πζϊ β ά αθ ηϋθβ ηέα εζπ ά απσ βθ κπκέα ελ ησ αθ Ϋθα ίλα ηϋθκ αυΰσέ Σα παδ δϊ πλκ παγκτ αθ η κ σηα αθκδξ σ θα αΰευ κυθ κ αυΰσ εαδ θα κ φϊθ έ Σκ Ϋγδηκ αυ σ υηίσζδα βθ αλξά βμ αλαεκ άμ κυ ΠΪ ξα, σ δ βζα ά κ σηα Ϋεζ δθ η αυΰσ εαδ γα Ϊθκδΰ πϊζδ η κ πα ξαζδθσ αυΰσ πκυ γα Ϋ λπΰαθ η Ϊ βθ ΑθΪ α βέ Θ σφδζκμ. κυ Ιπ άφ The custom or Haska or Lamka Haska is a carnival custom. On Sunday evening, the night before Koulouma Monday when Lent starts, the children of the family gathered round and they formed a circle. The father or grandfather who held a rolling pin used to sit in the middle. At the edge of the rolling pin a string was tied from which a boiled egg was hung. The children tried to open their mouth to bite the egg and eat it. This custom symbolized the beginning of Lent, meaning that our mouth is shut with this egg and opens again with the Easter egg that would be eaten after the Resurrection. Theophilus D., Joseph Η α α ο Απσ βθ εαγαλά υ Ϋλα αλξέα δ β αλαεκ άέ βζα ά β θβ έαέ Οδ Ϊθγλππκδ σ κδ γϋζκυθ θα θβ Ϋοκυθ, θ λυθ ελϋαμ εαδ ίκτ υλκ ηϋξλδ κ Μ ΰΪζκ Ϊίία κ κυ ΠΪ ξαέ ζέθα Π. The Lent The Lent begins on Ash Monday, so does fasting. People who want to fast, do not eat meat and butter until Holy Saturday of Easter. Elina P. Σκ Ϋγδηκ βμ πλπ κηαΰδϊμ θα κζέακυη δμ πσλ μ πθ πδ δυθ η φϊθδα ζκυζκυ δυθ Ϋλξ αδ απσ α πκζτ παζδϊ ξλσθδα εαδ σ υηίσζδα βθ υπκ κξά βμ τθαηβμ βμ φτ βμ κ πδ δεσέ υφλκ τθβ.
The May Day custom of decorating the doors of houses with wreaths of flowers comes from many years ago when it symbolized the welcoming of the power of nature at home. Euphrosyne D. ο ο παπα ού α Παζδσ λα βθ πκξά βμ Ϊθκδιβμ Ϋθ υθαθ Ϋθα εκλέ δ η α ξλυηα α βμ παπαλκτθαμ πκυ έθαδ αθκδιδϊ δεκ ζκυζκτ δ εαδ αυ σ λδΰυλθκτ δμ ΰ δ κθδϋμ λαΰκυ υθ αμ παπαλκτθα π λπα έ κ Θ σ παλαεαζ έ, ίλϋι παππκτ Θ Ϋ έ Μ αυ σθ κθ λσπκ κδ Ϊθγλππκδ παλαεαζκτ αθ κ Θ σ θα έζ δ β ίλκξά πκυ ά αθ απαλαέ β β βθ Άθκδιβ ΰδα α ξπλϊφδαέ
υαΰΰ ζέα. The custom of poppy In the past in the spring people used to dress a girl in the colors of the poppy flower which is a flower of spring and this girl wandered around the neighborhoods singing. In this way, people begged God to send the rain that was needed in spring to water the fields. Evangelia D.
Η υ α α ο (χε ο εχ α) Μ βθ ευλέα ηαμ φ δϊιαη βθ ευλϊ αλαεκ ά ξ δλκ ξθέα. Σβμ ίϊζαη Ϊλπα η ζκυζκτ δα. Σβμ ίϊζαη εαδ Ϋθα πλϊ δθκ ΰδζΫεκ Έξ δ αυλσ εαδ κ φσλ ηϊ βμ Ϋξ δ θβ έ δηα φαΰβ Ϊέ ΚΪ π κ φσλ ηϊ βμ Ϋξ δ ξλπηα δ Ϊ ζκυζκτ δαέ Η ευλϊ αλαεκ ά θ Ϋξ δ σηαέ Η ευλϊ αλαεκ ά θ Ϋξ δ σηα ΰδα έ αλξέα δ β θβ έα εαδ α ξϋλδα βμ έθαδ αυλπηϋθα ΰδα έ πλκ τξ αδέ πέ βμ βμ ίϊζαη ι πσ δα εαδ σξδ β ΰδα έ έθαδ ι κδ ί κηϊ μ βμ θβ έαμ ηϋξλδ κ ΠΪ ξαέ υαΰΰ ζέα. The Lady Lent (craft) With our teacher we made the Lent Lady in the arts and crafts subject. We dressed her with a shawl with flowers and a green jacket. She wears a cross and has Lenten dishes on her dress. Under the dress there are colorful flowers. Lady Lent has not got a mouth because fasting begins and her hands are crossed because she prays. We also put her 7 feet and not 2 to symbolize the 7 weeks of fasting until Easter. Evangelia D. Έ α ο γ α ο ΚΪγ ξλσθκ βθ πλυ β ηϋλα κυ ΜΪλ β σζα α παδ δϊ φκλϊθ κ ξϋλδ κυμ υκ εζπ Ϋμ, β ηέα εσεεδθβ εαδ β Ϊζζβ Ϊ πλβέ Αυ Ϋμ δμ εζπ Ϋμ β ηαηϊ δμ λέί δμ εαδ δμ εϊθ δ Ϋθα ίλαξδσζδ πκυ κ ζϋθ ηϊλ β ά ηαλ Ϊεδέ Ό αθ α παδ δϊ κτθ κ πλυ κ ξ ζδ σθδα αφάθκυθ κ ΜΪλ β κυμ βθ λδαθ αφυζζδϊ ΰδα θα κυμ φϋλκυθ υλα α ξ ζδ σθδαέ Αυ σ έθαδ Ϋθα παζδσ Ϋγδηκ απσ α ξλσθδα πθ παππκτ πθ ηαμέ Αυ σ κ ίλαξδκζϊεδ κ φκλκτ αθ ΰδα θα ηβθ κυμ ηαυλέ δ κ άζδκμέ ζϋθβ Κ.
A custom for March Every year on the first day of March all the children wear on their hand two threads, one red and one white. Their mother turns these threads and makes a bracelet which is called martis or martakis. When the children see the first swallows leave their marti on a rose bush in order the swallows to bring them gifts. This is an old custom since the time of our grandfathers. This little bracelet was worn in order not to be tanned by the sun. Helen C.