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4 March 2021 9:31am
Today, Thursday 4 March is the pinnacle of carnival time (apokries) in Greece. The special day on the Greek Orthodox Calendar is known as Tsiknopempti (Τσικνοπέμπτη) – a day especially for meat-lovers.
The word comes from τσικνίζω (tsiknizo) which means I ‘sizzle’ and the aroma of ‘tsikna’ (smell of burning meat) fills the street. Traditionally on these days, households cook up a meat fest ahead of Lent though, in recent years, it has been more about visiting the taverna. With COVID-19 however, a return to smaller family tsiknismata has been the case.
The day falls during the second week of apokries, known as kreatini (the meat-eating week) and signals the start of the last weekend of carnival time, with just 11 more days before Clean Monday.