Carnival Festivities at Psychico College Elementary School
The festivities of our School for the Clean Monday Holiday were filled
with traditional sounds, dances, costumes, and colors from the Lyceum Club of
Greek Women of Spata in a presentation of the carnival customs around Greece.
We enjoyed folk dances such as Cordellatos, horses, brooms of Leros, Vlacha of
Naxos, and Pyrgousikos of Chios.
We thank the President of the Club Maria Koulocheri
and their dance teacher Iliana Thymioupoulou for the wonderful beginning of our
collaboration to bring our children close to our authentic roots.
And of course the day's sunshine allowed us to close the
presentation by re-enacting the custom of the flour throwing festival on Clean
Monday in Galaxidi!
Happy Lent to all!