Clean Monday: On the hill of Philopapus the Athenians to fly the kite

On its hill have been rushed by the Athenians, who remained in the city for the three-day weekend of Clean Monday, in order to honor the custom and fly . Koulouma on the hill of Filopapou do the Athenians, who did not leave the city for a favorite destination in the three-day days of Pure Monday. Taking advantage of the sunny weather parents and their children went for their ride in the historic center of Athens, while honoring the custom with the flying of the kite. At the same time, a number of events are scheduled in Attica, since the weather is not predicted rainy, although some have made sure to announce alternatives, i.e. the enclosed spaces where the feast will be moved, in case the weather spoils them. The cauldrons and ovens in municipal services work in the full house and prepare from beans and seafood, to dolmadakia, taramosalata, halva and of course the traditional ravine. The open-air “table” set up by the municipalities, within and outside the basin, will wait for the citizens to enjoy the day and children to fly their kite high. In fact some municipalities will offer the kite for free to small citizens, while others have also organized construction workshops. In the municipality of Peristeri they promise the largest ravine, as the Bakery Guild prepares a ravine with dimensions 3 meters wide and 4 meters long! As they announced in the recipe, 200 kilos of four varieties of flour, 50 kilos of fine sesame, 20 liters of sesame oil, 15 kilos of tahini, salt, sugar and yeast will be used. The festival will take place at the Peristeri Exhibition Center (11 a.m.) and includes a traditional feast with Giannis Kapsalis and Makis Chico, while the children will have fun with face painting, construction of mini kites, puppet theatre and Karagizos from the shadow theatre Kostas Spyropoulos. “Petrokouluma” will be celebrated by the municipality of Petersburg in Agios Dimitrios square (11 a.m.) with the band of Michael Michopoulos and with actions for children 3 to 11 years old. The municipality of Egaleo has planned its own events in the “Barutadiki” of the city grove (10 a.m.) with folk, rebetika and traditional songs from artists of the city and from local dance departments of Cultural Associations. The municipality of Agia Varvaras will celebrate it in Mother’s Forest (11 a.m.) with folk and traditional songs, the municipality of Haidari in Dafni (12 p.m.) with the band of traditional music of Babi Purnara, the municipality of Kallithea in Nero Square on the beach (11 a.m.) with Konstantina and Nasia Konitopoulou and the municipality of Muscat-Tau in the National Resistance Square (11 a.m.) with a concert by Gregory Bithiotis. For another year the municipality of Alimu will welcome Lent to Hill Pani (11 a.m.) with the traditional band “Tasoula Thodori” and the municipality of Agios Dimitrios in Asyrma (10:30) with dances and songs from the “Traditional Kombania” of Giannis Pavlopoulos. “Koulouma in the Mountain” was scheduled by the municipality of Greek-Argyroupolis and more specifically on the open courts next to the Open Stone Theatre (12 p.m.) with a musical band and with events from the town clubs. The municipality of Glyfada invites the people to the “Patitri” (12 p.m.) for a celebration with Glyfiotissa Eleni Rodas, Thanos Kaliora, Giannis Sakkis and Giorgos Giannopoulos, while his traditional dishes will be offered by the municipality of Varis-Voulas- Vouliagmeni on the eastern beach of Varkiza (11:30 a.m.) and the event where Semeli Folklore Club will participate with its dance department. The municipality of Ilioupoli will celebrate it at Halikaki Park (11 a.m.) with traditional music and dishes, the municipality of Byron will set up a folk feast with the musical scheme “Jitzikes” at the Rock Theatre “Anna Escodinos” (11 a.m.), the municipality of Painter in Goudi Park (11 a.m.), the municipality of Caesarian in “Xylina” (11 a.m.) with traditional dances from the dance department of the Asia Minor Association and the parts of traditional dances of the Cultural Centre, but also with songs from all over Greece with Vivi Voutsela, Kostas Giannakopoulos and their traditional orchestra. At the National Bank’s Forest he gives his own appointment (11 a.m.) the municipality of Philothei-Psychiko and with a concert of ONIRAMA, in Pefkaki Park (10 a.m.) with live music and saracostian the municipality of Agia Paraskevi, in Anthusa Municipal Park (11:30 a.m.) the municipality of Pallini with wine, music and dance. The municipality of Vrilissia will welcome Lent in the open theatre “Aliki Vougiouklaki” (11 a.m.), where among other things the Association of Cretans Vriissia will offer raki and the cultural club Vrilissou Vrilissou will set up a kite making workshop. The municipality of Pentelis in Thalosi Park at the foot of Prophet Elias hill (11 a.m.), the municipality of Lykovrissis- Pefkis at the Municipal Swimming Pool of Lykovris (12 p.m.) with live music, face painting for children and kite making course. At the Fix Estate (11:30 a.m.) the municipality of Heraklion has prepared its own feast and promises to flow plenty of wine and raki from the rakozanos of the Cretan Association. The trigger for the dance will be given by the city clubs with their ensembles. Traditional Koluma in the lake of Alsus (11 a.m.) for the municipality of New Philadelphia- New Chalcedon, while the municipality of Acharnon will set up its own celebration in the Olympic Village (10 a.m.) with the participation of the orchestra of the Municipal Conservatory. But also outside the basin the “dances well hold”. For the municipality of Mandras-Eidyllia at the Red Field and at the central square of Enois (11 a.m.), for the municipality of Megarees in the port of Nea Peramos (11 a.m.), for the municipality of Laureotikos in Chaos, Kamariza (11 a.m.) with Maria Dekta and its orchestra and for the municipality of Saronicos in Anabyssos (12 p.m.) in front of the old refreshment “Petrino”, for music and dance with the songs of Nikos Volakos, but also with a concert of Triantafylos at 4 p.m. As for small citizens and visitors there will be kites, inflatable games, face painting, animator and soap bubbles shows.