The tradition will be observed today by most of the municipalities of Athens and they will celebrate the celebration of Clean Monday with Lenten foods, music and dance.

A number of events are planned, with good weather as an ally.

The boilers and ovens in the municipal services are working at full capacity and prepare everything from bean salad and seafood, to dolmades, taramo salad, halva and of course the traditional lagana.

The outdoor “table” set up by the municipalities, inside and outside the basin, will be waiting for the citizens to enjoy the day and the children to fly their kites high. In fact, some municipalities will offer free kites to small citizens, while others have also organized construction workshops.

Traditional focus for the Athenians on this day, the Filopappou Hillwhich will be visited by the mayor Haris Doukas.

In the municipality Peristeriou they promise the biggest lagana, as the Bakers Guild prepares lagana measuring 3 meters wide and 4 meters long! As they announced in the recipe, 200 kg of four types of flour, 50 kg of selected sesame, 20 liters of sesame oil, 15 kg of tahini, salt, sugar and yeast will be used.

The celebration will take place at the Peristeri Exhibition Center (11 a.m.) and includes a traditional feast with Giannis Kapsalis and Makis Tsikos, while the children will have fun with face painting, making mini kites, puppet theater and Karagiozis from the shadow theater of Kostas Spyropoulou.

“Petrokoulouma” will be celebrated by Petroupoli municipalitys in Agios Dimitriou Square (11 am) with the band of Michalis Michopoulos and with activities for children 3 to 11 years old. The municipality of Aegaleo has planned its own events in the “Baroutadiko” of the city’s grove (10 am) with folk, rebetika and traditional songs by artists of the city and by the local dance departments of Cultural Associations.

The municipality Agia Varvara will celebrate it in Alsos Miteras (11 a.m.) with folk and traditional songs, the municipality of Haidari in Dafni (12 p.m.) with the traditional music band of Babis Pournara, the municipality of Kallithea in Nerou Square on the beach (11 am) with Konstantina and Nasia Konitopoulou and the municipality of Moschatou-Tavros in National Resistance Square (11 am) with a concert by Grigoris Bithikotsis.

For one more year the municipality Alimos will welcome Lent at Lofos Pani (11 am) with the traditional orchestra “Tassoula Thodori” and the municipality of Agios Dimitrios in Asirmatos (10:30) with dances and songs from the “Traditional Company” of Yiannis Pavlopoulos.

“Kouluma on the Mountain” was planned by the municipality Ellinikou-Argyroupoli and more specifically in the open fields next to the Open Stone Theater (12 p.m.) with a musical group and events from the city’s clubs. The municipality of Glyfada invites the citizens to “Patitiri” (12 p.m.) for a feast with Glyfadaite Eleni Roda, Thanos Kaliora, Yiannis Sakkis and Giorgos Giannopoulos, while the municipality of Varis-Voulas will offer its own traditional dishes -Vouliagmenis on the eastern beach of Varkiza (11:30 a.m.) and at the event where the Semeli Folk Club will participate with its dance section.

The municipality Ilioupoli will celebrate it in Halikaki park (11 a.m.) with traditional music and food, the municipality Byron will set up a folk festival with the musical group “Zitzikes” at the “Anna Synodinou” Rock Theater (11 a.m.), the municipality Zografou in Goudi Park (11 am), the municipality Caesariani at “Xylina” (11 a.m.) with traditional dances from the dance section of the Asia Minor Association and the traditional dance sections of the Cultural Center, but also with songs from all over Greece with Vivi Voutselas, Kostas Giannakopoulos and their traditional orchestra .

At Alsos National Bank, the municipality gives its own appointment (11 am). Philothei-Psychikou and with a concert of ONIRAMAin Pefkakia Park (10 a.m.) with live music and Lenten by the municipality Saint Paraskeviin the Municipal Park of Anthousa (11:30 am) the municipality Pallini with wine, music and dancing.

The municipality Vrilission will welcome Lent at the “Aliki Vougiouklakis” open theater (11 am), where, among others, the Vrilissian Cretan Union will offer raki and the Vrachos Vrilissou cultural association will set up a kite-making workshop.

The municipality Pentelis in Thalosi park at the foot of Prophet Ilias hill (11 am), the municipality of Lykovrysi-Pefki at the Municipal Swimming Pool of Lykovrysi (12 pm) with live music, face painting for children and a kite making lesson. At the Fix Estate (11:30 am) the municipality of Heraklion has prepared its own feast and promises that plenty of wine and raki will flow from the Cretan Association’s cauldron. The dance will be triggered by the clubs of the city with their ensembles. Traditional Koulouma at the lake of Alsos (11 am) for the municipality of Nea Filadelfia-Nea Chalkidona, while the municipality of Acharnon will set up its own celebration in the Olympic Village (10 am) with the participation of the orchestra of the Municipal Conservatory .

But also outside the basin the “dances hold well”. For the municipality of Mandra-Idyllia at the stadium of Erythron and in the central square of Oinois (11 a.m.), for the municipality of Megareon at the port of Nea Peramos (11 a.m.), for the municipality of Lavreotiki at the Chaos of Kamariza (11 a.m. m.) with Maria Deikta and her orchestra and for the municipality of Saronikos in Anavyssos (12 p.m.) in front of the old “Petrino” refreshment bar, for music and dance with the songs of Nikos Volakos, but also with a concert by Triantafyllou at 4 p.m. As for the little citizens and visitors, there will be kites, inflatable toys, face painting, animators and a show with soap bubbles.

Koulouma with Gogo Tsamba in Piraeus

For Clean Monday, March 18, the fun will start at 12:00, at Freattyda beachwith a big traditional and folk feast with the popular singer Gogo Tsamba.

Lenten dishes, wine and dancing, make up the scene of the festive day, as young and old will enjoy the traditional kite flying and the Kouloumas next to the sea of ​​Piraeus.

The Philharmonic Wind Orchestra will accompany the celebration with carnival tunes.