Chiknopemptis today and the custom calls for grilling. An annual ceremony, the origin of which is lost in the centuries. The word Tsiknopepti comes from the words "tsikna" (the smell of burnt roast meat) and "Pepti". It got its name from the smells that come from the burning coals when they grill souvlaki, halloumi, herrings, sausages, lounges...
From the old days, the various Carnival events of the poor and the rich, started from Swan Thursday, that is, the Fifth day of the week before the Carnival Sunday. The day meat is eaten.
Swan Thursday is the Thursday of the second week of the Triodion, the three weeks that are included in the triodion are, the Absolute, the Apocreo and the Tyrophagus.
So the goslings fill the atmosphere of the village or the neighborhood.
And this is done in view of the Great Lent, where begins a great fast for the Holy Week and the Resurrection of Christ.
Source: SigmaLive