Euboea(Evia) takes great care to preserve the old customs and traditions, while introducing them to visitors.

Apart from the traditional Easter that you can enjoy in Evia, with each place celebrating it in their own special way, it is worth seeing the very special custom of Piperia (Pepper) held every May Day in many places in northern Evia. From dawn a man is dressed as a "pepper",meaning that he is covered from head to toes with grasses and flowers by the rest of the gang that finally parades him from house to house. The owners of the houses give him treats (in some places they even "water the pepper" i.e. they thrown him water) and then they head altogether to the square where the great feast begins.

Euboea(Evia) is such a big place that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that every day a panigiri-feast takes place somewhere on the island -- especially during the summer months. Some of them are:

• July 17, Agia Marina in Aliveri and Marmari
• July 20th, Prophet Elias feast in Vasilika
• July 26, feast of Agia Paraskevi in Politika
• July 27, feast of Agios Panteleimonas in Agia Anna
• August 6, feast of the Saviour in Kimi, Rovies and Lefkanti
• August 15 in several points throughout Evia
• August 23 in Nea Artaki

All panigiria-feasts are accompanied by music, food, drinks and dancing, until dawn. Try to go to as many feasts as you can during your holidays in Evia. You will not regret it !