Local traditions are tiedly inolved with smells and tastes. Bakeries of all villages of Santorini are petty busy during the Easter days. The housewives all day long are coking cheese pies, buns, easter-cokies and melitinia. There is a local phrase about this: "as long as the swallows bring us the Spring, indeed, melitinia bring to Santorini people the Easter". 

The Epitaph decoration in the island begins early in the morning of Good Friday by women and girls of the village with flowers from their garden. After that follows the Unnailing ('Apokathilosi') and from that moment there is only monastery bells sounds. The evening the Epitaph Procession takes place around every village.

In Pirgos thousands of litle tins full with oil aer  setting on fire at every path the Epitaph will pass by, creating an increadible sight full of contrition.

Women sprinkle with Cologne the Epitaph followers.

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