17/08/2023
🎻TRADITIONAL MUSIC
📍 Sfakia, Region
Experience a Cretan festival or “panigiri”
The endless celebrations and local festivals of Chania connect people with their past traditions. Plenty of "Panigiria" take place every summer around Chania and embrace both locals and tourists, always accompanied by excellent Cretan products, music, and dancing.
"Panigiria" are religious celebrations of village patron saints that often have a religious and a social or celebratory component. First, people head to the church to pray and pay their respects. Then they head to a predetermined area, often the biggest village square, and sit in communal tables, where the feast begins. The hours are long, entertaining and joyful. Plates sometimes get smashed, dancing is a must and good wine and company complete the ideal picture.
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