Clean Monday

By: Zoe Doutsi

Georgia EmvalomenouIfigenia Krahisaridou

When is Clean Monday

Clean Monday is the first day of Lent (Fasting period of 40 days) and  the end of the Carnival

How we celebrate Clean Monday

Clean Monday is a public holiday

in Greece, where it is celebrate

d with outdoor

excursions.

Customs of Clean Monday

People go to the

countryside and they fly a kite. Also they eat shellfish

and other sea food and a special

kind of  bread, baked only on

that day, named

"lagana".