Culture Arena
English

Greece · Traditions · Hard

What is the name of the Epirus region folk custom involving performers wearing heavy sheep bells (koudounia) and animal skin masks to drive away evil spirits during Apokries?

The Koudounatoi ('bell-ringers') of Epirus and western Macedonia wear heavy goat-skin cloaks and rows of sheep bells weighing up to 30 kg during carnival, creating a deafening din to scare away malevolent spirits.

Play Greece · Traditions