During summer, at the end of July until the first
ten days of August, the Municipality of Rethymno
organises a Renaissance Festival (since 1987)
in the town of Rethymno during which street performances,
theatrical plays, music performances, exhibitions
of paintings, speeches, dancing performances,
pantomimes and film projections are taking place
in the streets of the Old Town and in the Fortezza
Theatre. The entire town is decorated with flags
and pervaded by a great Renaissance atmosphere.
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On the 8th of November the commemoration of the
Arkadi Holocaust is taking place in the entire
prefecture and a religious ceremony is held in
the monastery of Arkadi where locals bring flowers
to the hundreds of Cretan who died there in the
19th century in order to avoid surrender to the
Turks. |
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In the beginning of August various cultural events
and expositions of local handicrafts are taking
place in the village of Chromonastiri. |
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The feast day of the Holy Cross celebrated on
the 14th of September in the village of Axos followed
by a huge feast. |
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In the end of July a Wine Festival is organised
in the Municipal Garden of Rethymno Town.
Traditional Cretan and Greek folklore music and
dances are performed and wine is free for everyone,
giving the possibility to taste all the varieties
of the famous and excellent Cretan wines. |
In the middle of August the village of Anogia organises
a Cultural Festival.
During this festival visitors have the possibility
to listen the magical sound of the Lyra (traditional
lyre) and experience all kinds of cultural activities.
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In August the 15th the celebration of the Holy Virgin
is held with religious ceremonies and great feasts
with food, wine and dances all around the prefecture
of Rethymno and in the entire island of Crete. |
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In the 23rd of April the feast day of Saint George
is celebrated with a great festival in various villages
of the Rethymno prefecture. |
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On the Easter Friday various festival and religious
ceremonies are held in honour of Zoodichos Pigi
(Source of Life). |
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The grandest Carnival of Crete is organised in Rethymno
Town and is one of the most impressive of Greece,
along with the one of Patras (in Peloponnesus).
On Shrove Thursday a street party is organised and
is the largest open-air party of Crete with all
kinds of music, wine, appetizers and lot of fun.
Another party is organised on the Sunday before
the great parade during which the participating
group are dressed up and perform various sketches.
The party includes food, wine and dances until dawn.
On Shrove Friday a “rehearsal” of the big day takes
place during which all the participants present
their masks and carriages. When Shore Monday arrives,
the entire town becomes an explosion of colour and
music; everybody is masqueraded and sings, dances
and drinks all night long. During the same day,
in the picturesque mountainous villages of the prefecture
of Rethymno, old traditions and customs revive for
a magical and unique Carnival with games, performances,
happenings and satires. |
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During summer various cultural events are taking
place in the village of Panormos |
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