Attendees show off their masks at the Apokries Dance, hosted by the Pontian Akritai of Philadelphia. Greece’s Carnival season, known as “Apokries,” is a period which traditionally begins ten weeks before Greek Orthodox Easter and culminates on the weekend before “Clean Monday,” (Ash Monday) the first day of Lent.
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