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Panigiria Near Trikala
At Trikala, August 15 is not a day but a week: from the 10th to the 16th the villages light up one after another, from the plain up to the Aspropotamos highlands.
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May – September
Panigiria run from May to September, and the season peaks at Dekapentavgoustos - the Dormition, on 15 August - when most villages hold their feast. Each programme is set close to its own saint's day, so the list fills late and empties out of season.
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Panigiria Near Trikala
The programme opens around August 10 at Gefyrades and thickens quickly: August 12 at Neochori, Mykani, Petrouli and Achelinada, August 15 at Mavreli, Myrofyllo, Ardani, Gavros, Desi and Zarko, August 16 at Armatoliko, Kalogiannini and Foteino. Many are not purely religious: at Vassiliki, August 15 is a Grape Festival, at Parameri the 16th brings a Pie Festival, and at Stournaraiika on the same day the Corn Festival keeps the old threshing and grain-cleaning customs alive.
The regional unit has two faces, and the feast changes character with altitude. On the plain around the city the dancing is set up in the village square, with klarino, violin and laouto and the circle turning through syrta and tsamiko. In the mountains - Pyli, Elati, Pertouli, the Aspropotamos villages beneath Tzoumerka and the Pindos - the feast is the day the village refills, as those who live in Trikala, Larissa or Athens come up for their own place's celebration. On the table the Thessalian pie dominates in all its variations, alongside local cheeses, roast meat and tsipouro.
Common questions
Where can I find panigiria near Trikala?+
In villages on the plain and in the highlands - Mavreli, Myrofyllo, Zarko, Neochori, Petrouli, Armatoliko, Vassiliki, Parameri and Stournaraiika - and across the mountain zone of Pyli, Elati and Aspropotamos. See the current calendar on Mood.
What produce festivals does Trikala hold?+
The Grape Festival at Vassiliki on August 15, and on August 16 the Pie Festival at Parameri and the Corn Festival at Stournaraiika, where the old grain-cleaning customs are revived.