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Prefecture of Evros

Young men of Didimoticho with roosters for slaughter on the day of the celebration of St. Dimitrios.
(Photo: Dimitris Vrachiologlou)

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	East Macedonia and Thrace Alexandroupoli Didymoticho Myki Xanthi Orestiada Soufli Tychero Prefecture of Drama Prefecture of Evros Prefecture of Xanthi Prefecture of Rhodope

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10/11/2006
Cock sacrifices at St.Dimitrios celebration

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St. Dimitrios is celebrated in Northern Greece. There is a rooster?s slaughter at the little chapel of Didimoticho, on the day of the celebration of the saint. This custom is kept until today and the lunch of the celebration day is a cooked rooster.