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| Galaxidi Ash Carnival |
Eleftherias & Kennedy GALAXIDI, Fokida 33 052 GREECE tel (Galaxa): +30 22650 41620/5 fax (Galaxa): +30 22650 42053 tel (Athens): +30 210 6522092 [email protected] |
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| More videos: |
| > "Greek Town Annual Flour Battle", source: ITNsource.com (2008) |
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| > 2010 Galaxidi Ash Carnival on Shrove Monday, 15th February 2010 |
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| Source: ITN news (2008) "A flour war in which participants throw bags of the foodstuff at each other, takes place in Greece. The event in the coastal town of Galaxidi is one of the most popular traditions in the country. The first day of |
| "FLOUR THROWING FESTIVAL" |
| photo: REUTERS (2008) |
| Orthodox Lent is called Clean Monday, and in Galaxidi they celebrate its end with a street battle where flour tinted with food colouring is used as ammunition. Participants come from across Greece, some donning goggles and plastic suits in an attempt to avoid getting covered in the sticky mess. The neoclassical houses are protected with plastic sheeting, and locals spend days afterward trying to clean the street. According to legend the ritual began in 1801 when the townspeople painted their faces with ash and danced through the streets, celebrating the carnival in defiance of their Ottoman rulers." view the ITN News video >>> |
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| photo: REUTERS (2008) |
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| photo: REUTERS (2008) |
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| photo: REUTERS (2008) |
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| photos: REUTERS (2008) |
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| photo: www.galaxidi.gr |
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| > "Flour-Throwing Festival In Greece", source: SKY News (2008) |
| Not to miss: |
| > "Technicolour Flour War", source: NTDTV -ASIA brief (2008) |
| Please notice: |
| Visitors who come only to watch, can keep a safe distance across the village quay if they wish to avoid being struck... |
| > "Flour War", source: NBC News (2008) -MSN videos |
