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Paros Festivals, Greece: Information about the Festivals of Paros, Cyclades

 

 

:: Antiparos

:: The Feast of Agia Marina (Saint Marine) is celebrated on the 16th of July and great dances, food, songs and drinks are part of the celebration which goes on until dawn.

:: The Feast of Panagia Faneromeni (The Appearance of the Virgin Mary) takes place on the 8th of September.

:: The Feast of Agios Ioannis (Saint John) on the 23rd and 24th
 
the festivities start with a litany of the icon of the Virgin Mary and continue until dawn with local dances, traditional music, local food, wine and great fun.

:: Naoussa

:: The feast of the Nine Days of the Virgin Mary (Enea meres tis Panagias) takes place on the 23rd of August, nine days after
the Assumption of the Virgin and the pirate festival with a big feast representing the assault of the pirates in the village of Paros
 

:: The Feast of Agios Ioannis (Saint John) is celebrated on the 29th of August, during which a great dinner is held with abundant wine and local dances to the sound of traditional music.

:: Other feasts

:: The Feast of Agios Ioannis Theologos organized on the 29th of August in the village of Drios, south of the capital, Parikia.

:: The Feast of the Metamorfosis tou Sotiri (the saviour’s

 

of June is organized inside the Venetian castle of Kastro, the capital (also called Antiparos).

:: Parikia

:: The Feast of Panagia Ekatontapiliani (Our Lady of the Thousands Gates) is celebrated on the 15th of August;
 
Greece is organized:
young boys dressed in traditional pirate’s costumes jump from the caiques (fishing boats) and run in the crowd to snatch the girls and take them away.

Fireworks, traditional music, dances, local food and wine are composing this great feast.
 

metamorphose) is celebrated on
the 6th of August in the village of Marpissa, south-east of Parikia.

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