This happens every August around the 7th. Eglouvi means encased which makes total sense when you visit the village as it’s down in a valley surrounded by hill on all sides. The lentils are well known for there unique creamy texture.
The Greeks love their food as you all know so an excuse to celebrate it is always a good idea. There exported all over the world.
I unfortunately haven’t attended this festival because neither me nor my husband drive and it’s been years since we visited in August. It’s a bit too crowded with what seems like the entirety of Italy and Greece’s admin service visiting on their month off.
This village doesn’t appear to have a Wikipedia article as it’s so small but there are other tourist websites out there that will tell you about previous ones.
Do you have any special foods and ceremonies in your country that we should know about?
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Best wishes
Angela
There are various festivals like Diwali, Navratri, Onam, Pongal, etc that are celebrated in my country. And each one of them have a special dish associated with it. I personally love all of them.
Lovely post. Thanks for sharing!
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Thankyou for replying. Care to elaborate on your festivals?
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Sure
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Diwali is the Festival of Lights that signifies the win of good over evil. Navratri is a festival spanning over nine nights, just as the name suggests and is dedicated to the Goddess. Onam is celebrated in Kerala and pongal is the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu
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Thankyou for the information. By the way navratri only suggests 9 nights to you because you know what it means. To me it looks like something nautical ie to do with the sea that is 3 nights long.
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It’s my pleasure. In Hindi, nav or nau means nine and ratri means night
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Thankyou for the explanation.
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♡ I AM Evolving EveryOne; fluids and light
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How does this apply to the above post?
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Where I grew up we had festivals for apples and cherries. It is still a homecoming atmosphere all these years later.
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Where did you grow up Julie?
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Michigan, USA 🙂
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Ok Thankyou. Would you like to give me some more details about them?
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The Applefest is hosted in my hometown in the fall. There is a carnival, apple pie contest, and all sorts of traditional midwestern events like a 5K run, pancake breakfast, spaghetti dinner, etc.
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Cool. I just haven’t been to your part of the USA so I was curious.
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That reminds me of what we would say as kids. That’s my name don’t wear it out.
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