Today it's Ash or Clean Monday, marking the end of the Carnival season and the first day of Great Lent before Easter in Greece. I had trouble finding the correct word for it on the internet, and I'm still not sure which is the correct term- Ash or Clean (in the case you know, please pass on the info).
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| Clean Monday, Athens 1975. Photograph by Costas Balafas. Benaki Museum Photographic Archives |
Anyway, two are the highlights of the day, the custom of flying a kite in the countryside and a special meal for the day that contains no meat or fish and consists of lagana bread, seafoood, taramosalata, pickles, octopus, and halvas, which is either enjoyed indoors or as a picnic.
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| Lagana bread via this link |
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| halvas via this link |
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| taramosalata via this link |
Being down with a cold since yestεrday, I won't be able to enjoy the countryside or the Clean Monday feast, so, I thought I might just write about them and show you some photos οf the coutryside that I took a couple of weeks ago.
I do miss my mum's taramosalata today...
ΚΑΛΗ ΣΑΡΑΚΟΣΤΗ!
It's lovely to hear about all your traditions. Hope your cold gets better:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Greece! Fresh air and blue skies! I am ill with a cold too so I know how you feel! I hope you will soon be up to strength to have a lovely Easter.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll feel better soon, Simone!
DeleteGet better soon, hope you can have a ash dinner soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you Greenthumb!
DeleteI love taramosalata. I buy myself a pot once in a while and like to have it with pitta bread.
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