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Mikis Theodorakis: The Easter Lamb tradition is a “national shame!”

March 30, 2018 animals 1

Famous music composer Mikis Theodorakis made an intervention ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter and described the tradition of roasting lamb as a ‘national shame.” In a blog post, 93-year-old Theodorakis said the tradition was “barbaric” and needs to be stopped. “Easter is coming again. The days of the massacre …

Greece’s New Year tradition: Vasilopita and the secret of the Golden Coin

December 31, 2017 Lifestyle Comments Off on Greece’s New Year tradition: Vasilopita and the secret of the Golden Coin

All over Greece, tables over the Christmas and New Year days are set with traditional food savory and sweet, mostly based on recipes going from generation to generation. There are regional preferences depending on local products and customs that one enjoys across the whole country. One of them is Vasilopita, …

Tsiknopempti: The day Greece is covered with smoke

February 16, 2017 Lifestyle 1

“I had no idea about the tradition until a neighbor pressed two sausages in my hands once and told me to fry them because it was good.” Nadia is a 45-year-old woman from Albania who lives in our neighborhood for the last twelve years. Although she is a Christian by …

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