The twelve days of vacation in mid-winter, from Christmas and ends with the Epiphany or Theophany had a period of special celebrations in many parts of the ancient world. At the winter solstice in the Roman Empire, the celebration of the festival of Saturnalia, ... On the slopes of Mount Pangaion in Macedonia is a small town Nikisiani. Every year on the Feast of St. John (January 7), the "Moors" the city on foot, as observed in a variant of the same habit of Monastiraki. ...
On the slopes of Mount Pangaion in Macedonia lies the little township of Nikisiani. Every single 12 months on the feast of Saint John (January 7th) the ?Moors? stroll the city, in a variant of the identical custom observed in ...
