Hundreds of people descend on the town of Langadas, near Thessaloniki, each year in late May to participate in the ancient ritual of “Anastenaria,” in which barefoot people walk on glowing coals. The communities which celebrate this ritual are descended from refugees who entered Greece from Eastern Thrace following the Balkan Wars of 1911–12 and […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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