The carnival festival Greece - traditions and celebrations
The carnival festival Greece or the Patras Carnival is not only the biggest carnival in Greece but also one of the biggest and best carnival celebrations in all of Europe. It has a history of more than 180 years. Basically the events begin on 17th January and last up to the Clean Monday. The carnival of Patras is not a single event but a variety of events that includes balls, parades, hidden treasures hunt and many more things as events of the program. There are many other things that are included in the carnival like the evening parade or carnival groups, the extravagant Sunday parade of floats and groups, and finally the ritual burning of the carnival king at the St. Nikolaos Street pier in the harbor of Patras. We have mentioned all the details related to the Patras Carnival in this blog. What is Patras carnival? Patras carnival festival Greece is the largest carnival event in Greece and the second largest in Europe which celebrates Aporkies, Aporkies in Greece is the carni