Holy Monday marks the beginning of the Easter fast. The starting point of Lent is celebrated mainly with various Lenten dishes, with lagana, taramosalata and various herbs.
Another version for "Clean Monday" is that it was named so because the housewives cleaned their utensils all day from the carnival food. A typical word we use is "Koulouma", which is the outdoor celebration of Shrove Monday. According to the folklorist and researcher Nikolaos Politis, "koulouma" comes from the Latin word "Culumus" which means abundance, but also the end, that is, the end of Halloween. Whatever that means, these words nowadays refer to a day of fun, food and family coexistence.
The joy of everyone, but especially of children, is the flying of the kite that wants special craftsmanship and ideal weather conditions of course. Some information interprets the kite flying as a desire of man to drive away evil.
The kite has its roots in antiquity. In the 4th century BC, the mathematician and chief engineer Archytas (440-360 BC), from Taranto in southern Italy, a good friend of Plato and a follower of Pythagoras, used the kite in his aerodynamics and is said to have been its inventor.
When we hold the string and look up at the sky, the joy we feel when we see it flying high is great. Whatever its true symbolism, it is certain that it offers joy and fun to young and old!
Source: politis