School holidays

28th of October

We celebrate the denial of the Greeks

to surrender to the GermansSchool theatres and parade.

The best student of the school has the honor

to hold the flag in the parade!

17th of November

In 1973 the students of the

Technical University reacted

against dictatorship.

Maybe these photos look a bit strange or make

you feel sad but we see them eeeveryyy year so

we are used to it!

Carnival

• Saturday:we dress up and go to parties or other events.

• Sunday:the carnival parade.

• Monday( we call it Clean Monday!):it’s the beginning of the Big Lent( 50 days before Easter).

On that day,we fly kites and we eat a special kind of bread called lagana and other foods.

This is from the biggest carnival of Greece in

Patra(that’s about 3,5 hours away from

Atalanti)

lagana bread flying kites

Dishes of Clean Monday.

This is Mrs Lent,it’s a calendar for the 50

days until Easter.She’s got 7 feet,one for

every week.

25th March

• In this parade we wear traditional

costumes. They’re are really colorful as

you can see!!

• We celebrate the revolution against Turkey

in 1821 after 400 years of slavery.

Easter

• It’s a very important celebration for Chriastianity because it symbolizes the sacrifice of Jesus for the people.

Traditional customs:

• We paint red eggs.The red colour symbolizes the blood of Jesus.

• Godfathers and godmothers bring decorated candles to children which they light on Holy Saturday night in church.

Breaking the eggs!The one with the

stronger egg is the winner!!

These are the special candles.

Roast lamp and kokoretsi(traditional

food).Sounds funny,ha!It’s for the Sunday

lunch.

Our favourite holiday is…

28th October

17th November

Halloween

Easter

25th March