Carnival Εύχαρις Σιγανού
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CARNIVAL ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣ ΣΙΓΑΝΟΥ
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CARNIVAL
ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣ ΣΙΓΑΝΟΥ
CARNIVAL:is a festive season which occurs immediately before the lent; the main events are usually during February. 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 the overturning of the norms of daily life.
From carne vale:theories exist which state that the word comes from the Latin expression carne vale, which means ‘farewell to meat’, signifying that those were the last days when one could eat meat before the fasting of Lent.
The Carnival season in Greece:
is also known as the Apokries (Greek: Αποκριές, ‘saying goodbye to meat’), or the season of the ‘Opening of the Triodion’. One of the season’s high points is Tsiknopempti, when celebrants enjoy roast beef dinners at taverns or friends’ homes. The following week, the last before Lent, is called Tyrine (Greek: Τυρινή, ‘cheese [week]’) because eating meat is not allowed, but dairy products are. The Great Lent begins on ‘Clean Monday’ (Greek: ‘Καθαρά Δευτέρα’), the day after ‘Cheese Sunday’. Trhoughout the Carnival season, people disguise themselves as maskarades (‘masqueraders’) and engage in pranks and general revelry.
For more information visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival
