Bumpkin wedding (Vlachikos Gamos)

It is a comic representation of the Bumpkin wedding, as it used to be. Scenes that cause laugh are the come and go of the matchmakers to the candidate co-fathers-in-law, the talk about the dowry, the finishing with the change of the rings, the preparations for the wedding, the groom's shaving, the marriage ceremony and, of course, the aftermath of the first couple's wedding night. It usually ends with eating, drinking and dance, accompanied by a local orchestra.

Bear (Arkoutha)

The bear race was an old custom that holds, up to now, by gypsies. The bear man was holding a davul or tambourine and a beehive. The bear was chained from its nose or lips and danced or made mimetic movements. This custom revives but with a masked bear, of course, not a true one.

Custom, old, was the bear-wearing (carrying around the bear), these days mostly performed by Gypsies. The masked Bear was holding a tambourine or a davul and a pole. The bear was tied with a chain of her nose or lips and danced or made mimetic movements. This custom is revived but with a masked bear of course not true.

Merry-go-rounds or Maypole (Gaitanaki)

It is a technical dancing game with ancient roots. It is usually danced by boys and girls who knit ribbons (gaitania) in a wooden pole with music accompaniment. The leader of the company with a whistle gives the order for the knitting and unwinding. It is played (danced) on streets, squares and communal common areas.

Camel (Camilla)

This very nice four-legged animal is represented by two people who are wrapped in a fabric full of colorful beads and tassels. It has a long neck and its head is usually made with horse-head bone. Its jaws open and close with a special mechanism (spools). Several decades ago, it was carried around in Spercheada, the Clean Monday at the bazaar. Nowadays, we meet it at the Lamia Carnival.

Masquerades

On the last Sunday, Tirinis as it is called, but also during the whole week, one can meet masqueraders in the streets who visit relatives and friendly houses, dancing, joking and satirize. On older times, they used to be painted with paints, hang bells on them, put ‘tourloukia’ on their head, and keep socks in their hands with ash, like a thurible, for the strange men. This scene was complemented by the musicians offering abundant joy in the neighborhoods, squares and evenings in the taverns. Men who have been masqueraded as Indians in Makrakomi, have a particular sensation.

This is a custom that has been lasted for many years and is peaked in Clean Monday. In nowadays, carnival events are usually ended with a parade of masquerades and chariots.

Eating and Drinking (Fagopoti)

On the night of the last Sunday, before the Clean Monday, during those years, the families were gathering in friendly or family houses with their food. They laid a table with cheeses, chicken and plenty of wine. The eating and drinking started with wishes, jokes, songs and then with dance. Everyone was dancing and singing, even the old women, as the folk song says:

"Tis megales apokries, the great Carnival

pou horevoun oi gries, that old ladies dance

san tomaria san provies, like pelts like fleeces

kai mia gria monothondou, and an old lady with one tooth

antra gyreve i pordou. " was looking for a man, the old lady that farts a lot

The masquerades were pop in and out. In the fireplace or in the cinder of the wood-burning stove and the brazier, they put the eggs. They named them with the names of the members of each family in a sequence commensurate with their age.

The egg that was wet, which was drowning water out of its shell as it was being cooked, it meant the lazy and good-for-nothing one, and for others the strong of the whole family. This custom had its symbolism: the egg was the last non-fasting dish of the fasting and the next one would have been the red egg of the Easter.

Koulouma

It is a Pan-Hellenic custom and symbolizes the end of the winter and the beginning of spring. Probably etymologically the word comes from the Albanian colum = pure or the Italian cumulus = heap. It is characterized by a group exit to the countryside, eating and drinking with fasting dishes and kite flying. In some villages, such as Agios Georgios of Tymfristos, this day, donkey-fightings take place, they play gourouna and beans and halva are served.