Patras carnival is the largest carnival in greece and one of the largest world wide. The carnival begins on 17 of January each year and attracts tens of thousands visitosr. The carnival of Patras is a variety of events including the “Treasure Hunt”, the large parades in the final weekend of the carnival, balls (bourboulia), carnival of children and others.
Participants join groups, each with different costumes and slogans. All the groups (> 40.000 people) participate in the closing parades and the other festivities. “Keep dancing” is the slogan of patras carnival, and that’s what everybody does.
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