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Patras Carnival
Jan 17-Mar 14 - confirmed
Patras builds floats and dances for weeks before the grand parade, Greece's biggest Carnival finally cutting loose.
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Cultural timing intelligence - verified, never extracted.
Notable cultural timing - Moderate confidence
Greece ranked Notable this window. 2 celebrations contribute to its cultural timing during January 2027.
Methodology: Top-5 cultural-timing scores averaged, with high-confidence celebration count and seasonal density as tiebreakers.
Jan 17-Mar 14 - confirmed
Patras builds floats and dances for weeks before the grand parade, Greece's biggest Carnival finally cutting loose.
View celebrationJan 6-Jan 8 - provisional
For three January days, men in goatskin and cowbells stomp through Kali Vrisi — the Babougera rite ending in a satirical Dionysian wedding that inverts every social role.
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