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Pre-Lenten Season (Apokries)
The "Apokries"
usually fall in March. It lasts for two (2) weeks. It
begins the Sunday of Meat Fare and ends with the start
of Lent, on "Clean Monday" ("Kathara Deftera"). Adults
and children wear costumes and go to masquerade parties.
Many times in Greece, they have carnivals where people
and bands in costume roam the streets.
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