Fat Thursday (Smoke Thursday)

Made By:Kostantinos and Stavros

Fat Thursday in Athens• Greeks celebrate fat

Thursday 10 days before Lent. In Greece, Greeks celebrate by going to the streets and eating large quantities of meat, such as souvlaki by grill. City and town governments set up grills in central squares with music, too.

Fat Thursday in Athens• “Tsiknopempti” means

“Thursday of the smoke of grilled meat”. Festivals of the God Dionysus, with ancient Greek origin, take place in Greece and marks the beginning of the Greek Orthodox fasting period before Easter.