Has not been ascertained, the ancient origins of this feast of festive holiday is celebrated while the metheortia Carnival and the beginning of Lent.
They celebrated "Koulouma" eating unleavened bread "lagana" and eat mostly meatless (fish roe, fish roe salad, seafood, olives, onions, halva, etc). The festival is nationwide and not others has Athenian origin, while in other Byzantine. In Istanbul celebrated strongly crowds that flocked to one of the seven hills of the city and in particular that of ellinikotato settlement of "Tataoulon. It is significant that the Turkish feast called Buckley Khoury "by" Buckley ", which means beans.
In Athens before the First World War the Koulouma was celebrated up the hill Filopappos where the Athenians' trogopinan "sitting on the rocks from noon until sunset. Most danced to the sounds of traveling musicians, in groups, either municipal or folk dances to the sounds of a"laterna". At dusk all Roumeli milkmen in Athens set up mainly tsamiko a "brilliant dance around the Temple of Zeus in the presence of Kings and large crowds.
Today Koulouma is celebrated in almost all cities in Greece with the main day custom of "kite flying" Especially in Athens with the historical continuity of the presence of the supreme emphasis in the folkloric value of this custom.
COMMENTS
1.In the past people enjoyed their lives with fewer requirements. Most celebrations were taken place outdoors. People made large groups and all that interested them was the present moment. They knew how to live.
2. People respected the tradition and kept many of the customs of their birth place . Some of them even now have been revived in many parts of Greece.
3. People (had fun) outdoors and always celebrated with traditional dances wearing traditional costumes, through which we can see the historical background of each place.
4. Traditional instruments played a dominant role in each aspect of their lives,either in traditional feasts or festivals.
5. Traditional Easter celebrations are always taking place outdoors. A typical greek tradition for Easter Sunday is the lamb spitting.
