Kathara Deftera marks the beginning of Sarakostee and the end of his Apocryes.

Sarakostee is a 40-day fast, until Easter.  But nowadays Greeks only refrain from meat and milk products.

Apocryes is a festival like Halloween.

On Kathara Deftera Day, we eat lots of seafood such as squids and octopuses and we fly kites.

So I did that with my family.

We also eat a cake called Halvas.

Also, instead of ordinary bread, a special bread called Lagana is sold and everyone buys it that day.  The taste is almost the same, but a little different.  I don’t know the recipe.

It was really fun!  !!  !!