ka-lo pa-ska = happy easter
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Ka-LO PA-ska = Happy Easterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5VkPRU6C-JQ
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Easter in Greece begins with a carnival called Apokreas with famous Goat dances.
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During Apokreas, people dress up in costumes, buy plastic clubs that
squeak, and throw confetti.
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There are church services everyday celebrating the last week in the life
of Jesus.
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Apokreas includes a meat and cheese week.
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Greeks fast on Clean Monday, which is a day for spending time with friends and family, going to the countryside and flying kites.
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Most people eat a traditional bowl of margeritsa, a thick green soup made
from the intestines of the lamb that will be roasted the next day, breaking their
40 day fast at the end of Apokreas.
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The market has thousands of lambs of all sizes
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Hard-boiled eggs are dyed red, signifying the blood of Christ, and the Easter bread, called tsoureki, is baked.
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Each person takes one egg and hits their end against someone else's until the last person who has an un-cracked egg is considered the lucky person for
the year.
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A large picture of Jesus on the cross is hung for all to see.
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On Friday, the nails holding the picture of Christ are knocked off and the picture is
taken down from the cross and wrapped in a white cloth.
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A large piece of cloth, with the image of Christ, called the epitaphios is
decorated and brought into the church where it is sprinkled with rose-water and flower petals are thrown on it.
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On Saturday, the door of Christ’s tomb are opened and the Holy Fire
is flown to Greece. The light is brought to churches all over the
rest of Greece.
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The bells of the church begin to ring and all the flags in Greece are lowered to half-mast. Fireworks go
off at midnight.
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-Easter Sunday is most people's favorite day of the year. A lamb is roasted and friends and families get together to eat, drink, talk and dance.
-Many go to the countryside where they make wreaths and walk. Wildflowers are in bloom and the hillsides are green from the winter rains.
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Easter in Greece is one of the most beautiful and holiest times in Greece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SVAzB8Uj0KM
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Ka-LO PA-ska=Happy Easter