LOCAL FESTIVALS
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Kasos is famous for the festivals organized in the island all summer around.
The biggest festival organized is that of “Pera Panagia” on August 15th. Among the traditional sounds of lyra and lagouto, the steps of “sousta” and “zervos” dances, are offered traditional home made dishes to everyone.
Other festivals worth to be attended are those of Saint Marina on July 17th and of Saint Spyridonas on December 12th.
Festivals in Kasos have a vivid local colour, as in most of them relive old customs.
The municipality organizes every year a three day celebration for the anniversary of Kasos Holocaust (7th of June 1824).
The last years it has become a habit a concert in the graphic port of Bouka by the famous tenor Marios Fragoulis, in August. The famous artist comes from Kasos and gives a concert every year in his birthplace.
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