Alevromoutzouroma

This year the Aleuromoutzouroma in Galaxidi will be taking place on 3 March. The history of the custom has its roots in the depths of the centuries, probably in the Byzantine era during which the clowns of the Hippodromes painted their faces.



Since the beginning of the Pre-Lenten Season, almost every day, a fire was lit in the neighbourhoods. In many cafés in the city, music bands were playing music until the early hours of the morning. The culmination of this carnival celebration was the Koulouma of Galaxidi on Clean Monday. People would gather at the 'Agora', in the port of Galaxidi, and start the flour war, the infamous Alevromoutzouroma, in which only men took part. They attacked each other by throwing flour at each other's faces, heads, clothes and all this with laughs, jokes, fun and joy.

Later on, females could took part in. Visitors who didn’t like to be a part of the flour war, should definitely allow the participants to draw a smudge or a cross on their forehead, with shoe polish. Those who did not accept it, automatically became “victims” of the smudged ones.

To this day, the custom of the Alevromoutzouroma remains unchanged in time and is an attraction for thousands of visitors, young and old, who every year participate actively, with fun and joy.