The customs that prevail in Poros and in general in the area of ​​Troizinia, are many and refer to Christmas, New Year, Halloween and Easter.
CHRISTMAS
we have the butchering of pork, where housewives cooked it with celery and others roasted it on a spit. We also have Christopsoma, pretzels and almonds. On the eve, the children sang the carols and instead of triangles they had "rainbows". At first they didn't "decorate" a tree, but all kinds of floats with lanterns. That is why today the custom of decorating the beach with boats is preserved. After 1868 when Cretan refugees came to Poros, "skaltsounia" were added to the delicacies. On New Year's, in addition to the carols, the king cake, the flouri, the melomakaronas and the kourabiedes, the "podariko" was essential, which everyone wanted a small child to make for them, who was innocent and pure. He had to go with a pomegranate that broke it, so that the house was full and the householders gave him sweets and money. On New Year's they played games of chance with "crown-letters" or "odd-even" preferred. Later came the cards that had images of the figures of the heroes. In the old days, great importance was attached to the persecution of the Leprechauns, who for twelve days, as they believed Christmas-New Year and Lights, tormented not only people but also their animals. So after the consecration of the waters, they took holy water and sprinkled every corner of their houses, the people as well as the animals, while the children sang like so-called Leprechauns: "Let's go, let's go, and the trulopappa arrived with his agyastura and his brechtura ». On the eve of the Lights, the related carols were sung. In the old days, great importance was attached to the persecution of the Leprechauns, who for twelve days, as they believed Christmas-New Year and Lights, tormented not only people but also their animals. So after the consecration of the waters, they took holy water and sprinkled every corner of their houses, the people as well as the animals, while the children sang like so-called Leprechauns: "Let's go, let's go, and the trulopappa arrived with his agyastura and his brechtura ». On the eve of the Lights, the related carols were sung. In the old days, great importance was attached to the persecution of the Leprechauns, who for twelve days, as they believed Christmas-New Year and Lights, tormented not only people but also their animals. So after the consecration of the waters, they took holy water and sprinkled every corner of their houses, the people as well as the animals, while the children sang like so-called Leprechauns: "Let's go, let's go, and the trulopappa arrived with his agyastura and his brechtura ». On the eve of the Lights, the related carols were sung. while the children sang like so-called Leprechauns: "Let's go, let's go, and the trulopappa arrived with his ajastura and his brechtura". On the eve of the Lights, the related carols were sung. while the children sang like so-called Leprechauns: "Let's go, let's go, and the trulopappa arrived with his ajastura and his brechtura". On the eve of the Lights, the related carols were sung.
HALLOWEEN :
Halloween has been celebrated in Poros since long ago and the masquerades have always had the first say. When the Triodium opened, they would dress in garish clothes, wear improvised masks and go out into the streets in groups. In groups singing carnival songs. But a carnival was never organized, except sometimes some merry-go-rounds. Many Chiots, Smyrni and Asia Minor in general "brought" the "bell ringers" who were masquerades with bells. Many Moraites used to smear themselves with smoke from the fireplace. On Chiknopempti they would "grill" the grilled meat to smell in the neighborhood, celebrating the "meat" Halloween and after "Tyrini", the young people would steal a macaroni and put it under their pillow to dream about which one they would get. In those days, young people also made hot air balloons. A light wreath, a thin colored paper and an oil-soaked sponge in a tin and they were ready. They would let them go high and compete with each other to see who would do the biggest and who would go the highest. The Kouloumas of Clean Monday are an old custom. Kite flying began to emerge slowly after 1850. The "eagles" were improvised and mostly "shuttles". A custom observed by those Hydraians who lived in the Poros region was "scraping", the cleaning of cooking utensils from grease. Clean Monday was then called Dog's Day, because they threw food scraps to the dogs. In March they had the "Martogaitano", a red-and-white thread bracelet worn on the left hand since ancient times to prevent sunburn. They would let them go high and compete with each other to see who would do the biggest and who would go the highest. The Kouloumas of Clean Monday are an old custom. Kite flying began to emerge slowly after 1850. The "eagles" were improvised and mostly "shuttles". A custom observed by those Hydraians who lived in the Poros region was "scraping", the cleaning of cooking utensils from grease. Clean Monday was then called Dog's Day, because they threw food scraps to the dogs. In March they had the "Martogaitano", a red-and-white thread bracelet worn on the left hand since ancient times to prevent sunburn. They would let them go high and compete with each other to see who would do the biggest and who would go the highest. The Kouloumas of Clean Monday are an old custom. Kite flying began to emerge slowly after 1850. The "eagles" were improvised and mostly "shuttles". A custom observed by those Hydraians who lived in the Poros region was "scraping", the cleaning of cooking utensils from grease. Clean Monday was then called Dog's Day, because they threw food scraps to the dogs. In March they had the "Martogaitano", a red-and-white thread bracelet worn on the left hand since ancient times to prevent sunburn. Kite flying began to emerge slowly after 1850. The "eagles" were improvised and mostly "shuttles". A custom observed by those Hydraians who lived in the Poros region was "scraping", the cleaning of cooking utensils from grease. Clean Monday was then called Dog's Day, because they threw food scraps to the dogs. In March they had the "Martogaitano", a red-and-white thread bracelet worn on the left hand since ancient times to prevent sunburn. Kite flying began to emerge slowly after 1850. The "eagles" were improvised and mostly "shuttles". A custom observed by those Hydraians who lived in the Poros region was "scraping", the cleaning of cooking utensils from grease. Clean Monday was then called Dog's Day, because they threw food scraps to the dogs. In March they had the "Martogaitano", a red-and-white thread bracelet worn on the left hand since ancient times to prevent sunburn.
EASTER :
In Vaion, the children sang carols on the eve of Lazarus, while on Sunday they ate fish and distributed branches of vaia and flowers from the churches. Regarding the Easter customs, the children went out to sing carols on the morning of Good Friday, then the decoration of the Epitaph, the Circumference, the red eggs, the Resurrection and the burning of the arrow. From ancient times until today, the epitaphs of the three parishes, Agios Georgios, Agios Konstantinos, Evangelistria and Progymnastiriou, meet in the central square, at the port, chanting "Ai geneai passai...". Another Good Friday custom was the hanging and burning of Judas.
Source in Cultural: Folklore as shown by the journalist Vassilis Koutouzis in his book about Poros

Source: Municipality of Poros
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