Although celebrated throughout Greece, nobody celebrates ‘Clean Monday’ quite like the residents of Galaxidi who hold an annual ‘flour war’ or alevromoutzouromata (flour smudging), whereby all and sundry flock to the streets armed with sacks of ‘ammunition’ such as colourfully dyed flour, soot and confetti.
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Because of its stunning archaeological site where the world’s most famous Oracle foretold fortunes great…
Although celebrated throughout Greece, nobody celebrates ‘Clean Monday’ quite like the residents of Galaxidi who hold an annual ‘flour war’ or alevromoutzouromata (flour smudging), whereby all and sundry flock to the streets armed with sacks of ‘ammunition’ such as colourfully dyed flour, soot and confetti.
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at noon on Friday at 10:33 in Galaxidi. According to…
British daily newspaper The Guardian recently published a list of their ’10 best crowd-free Greek…