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Zakynthos:- Celebrating Tsiknopempti……Let the Carnival begin!

  All over Zakynthos today the smell of BBQed meat gives a festive aroma within the air.   What is Tsiknopempti? Greeks celebrate Tsiknopempti, which literally means “Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat”. Tsikno being the smoke from the grilled meat and Pempti being Thursday.  It is celebrated 11 …

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Zakynthos:- A story to tell…….Celebrating Tsiknopempti.

Finally!!!!! Celebrations start again!!! After a three year period of no carnival, Zakynthos was in full swing with Tsiknopepmti…. What is Tsiknopempti? Greeks celebrate Tsiknopempti, which literally means “Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat”. Tsikno being the smoke from the grilled meat and Pempti being Thursday.  It is celebrated …

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Lockdown – Tsiknopempti what will be allowed

The Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, made a special reference to Grilling Thursday, which falls on March 4th this year, during today’s briefing on the coronavirus. As Mr. Hardalias said, “on this day it is valid what it is valid for all other days, with a traffic ban …

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The Carnival has “officially” started! Video and photgraphs of the event.

Yesterday, Tsiknopempti saw a lot of different events around Zakynthos honouring our Carnival traditions. The “Official” begining started yesterday evening.  The Carnival Queen passed through the town waving to on lookers For those who could not make it watch the video below. The opening announced in true Zakynthian style by …

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BBQ Thursday this week.

Greeks celebrate Tsiknopempti, which literally means “Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat”. It is celebrated 11 days before Clean Monday (which marks the start of the fasting period of Lent); since the week before Lent is considered meat-free (but not dairy-free), and Wednesday and Friday are generally considered days of …

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