Και του χρόνου!

Ανάβουνε φωτιές στις γειτονιές, του Αη Γιάννη....

αλλάζουν όμως οι καιροί...

πού ν'ανάψουμε φωτιά βραδυάτικα, την παραμονή ...;

δεν ξεχάσαμε όμως να κάψουμε το πρωτομαγιάτικο στεφάνι μας ανήμερα του Αη Γιαννιού!

(στο barbecue, εννοείται, και αφού ψήσαμε τις ωραιότατες μπριζόλες μας...χα χα χα!)

Εσείς, το τηρήσατε καθώς πρέπει το έθιμο;

Και του χρόνου!!!

The custom of “Klidonas”

The 24th of June is one of the biggest summer festivals of Greek tradition, since the feast of St. John the “Klidonas” is accompanied by the traditional custom of burning the flower wreaths of May and  passing over the fires.

The nickname "Klidonas" comes from the ancient Greek word "κλήδων" (klidon), meaning “the predictor sound” and was used to describe the combination of random and incoherent words during a divination ceremony.

Essentially "Klidonas" is associated with a folk, divination process, which is said to reveal to the unmarried girls the identity of their future husband.

According to custom, on the eve of St. John's celebration, the single girls are gathered in one of the houses of the village and one of them goes to the well to bring the "silent water". It is called that way because she must speak to no one of the way to and back from the well.

At home they pour the water into a clay pot in which each girl throws a personal object, called “rizikari” (coming from the word “riziko” which means destiny). Then they cover up the pot with a red cloth and tie it up while praying to St. John. Afterwards they place the pot in open space, where it stays overnight. On that same night, it is said that the girls will see their future spouse in their dreams .

Meanwhile, on the eve of Saint John celebration also revives the well-known custom with fires: At the village square they light a big fire where everybody burns the flower wreaths they made on Mayday, and over which all the villagers jump. According to the tradition, the fire brings catharsis and people are exempted from evil.

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This tradition is still celebrated in some villages...

as for me, as you can see, I burned my 1st May wreath in the barbecue!!!