Patras: All ready for the official launch of this year’s carnival – “On foot” George Square from the Halloween events

In rhythms has entered the , since at 21:00 at night the opening ceremony of the cultural institution will take place in George Square. The events for today’s carnival opening ceremony began this morning with the action “Doros” that upset the center of Patras. CORVERSE Specifically, at 11:00 a.m., groups of carnivals gathered on the new pedestrian street of Maizon that started a carnival procession ending with George Square, making carnival “doro”. On the stage of George Square there was a DJ and a dance program followed. The opening ceremony will take place at 9 p.m. at George Square and the audience who will attend it will have the opportunity to enjoy a live music program from the band “Cubaneros”, which will perform favorite songs, lasting about an hour. At the same time, the ritual “narration” will evolve with the symbolisms and messages of the carnival. CORVERSE “The Carnival action of the Patrins”, according to the public utility of the Municipality of Patras “Karnavali Patras”, “is depicted in the three colors of the carnival lava and transferred from the concentrated crowd of the square to its expresser the Arlequin”. Also, “through the magical and perpetual dance of bodies and colors, the arena will travel participants to three dominant moments of the city’s carnival life, giving each time the baton to music and image”. “The first picture”, according to the KEDAP, “a reference to the mask, disguise and transformation, the second image carries to the carnival events and the energy of the parade during the great spree and the third focuses on the power of the body, dance and rhythm”. Then, the mayor of Patras, Kostas Pelletidis, will make the official announcement of the opening of the 2025 national carnival and along with the president of KEDIP, Paul Skoura, will give the impetus for the great climax of the evening. At the same time, the traditional custom of chocolate war will have its established presence with the castings of chocolate throwers sweetening the crowd. In the meantime, since yesterday morning there is the carnival banner at the town hall of Patras, which was first delivered by children of pre-school age.