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Sifnian
customs and traditions are shown in the everyday life
of the Sifnians which are particularly religious and
conscious of keeping carefully their customs and traditions
inherited from their ancestors, traditions and customs
that they will leave to their children.
Most of the local festivals and social functions in Sifnos Greece are
sourced from religion.
Festivals, local carols, traditional marriages, carnival
and Easter
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people
reunite at the church of the same name with the
celebrated saint, assist to a religious service
and then eat, drink and dance all night long to
the sound of the local traditional instruments (the
lute and the violin).
The most important religious feast takes part on
the eve of the Ascension of the Lord and is the
feast of Panagia Chrysopiyi which gathered the entire
island in a great panigiri (big feast with live
traditional music, drink and local food). |
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