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Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Greek Clean Monday or Koulouma Customs


Greek Reporter

The Greek Clean Monday or Koulouma Customs
Greek Reporter
Greek folklorist Nikolaos Politis (1852-1921), argued that the word comes from the Latin “cuuiulus”, which means both abundance and end. Thus, the koulouma stand for the culmination of the carnival period and also the beginning of the season of the ...


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