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[sudsmaster]

Amazingly odd annual celebration in a small town in Greece.

Members Only: The Annual Phallus Festival in Greece

Each year on the first Monday of Lent, the people of the tiny Greek town of Tyrnavos go crazy about penises, singing lewd songs and urging passersby to kiss their model phallusses. The pagan fertility festival is one of the most famous parties in Greece.

www.spiegel.de

 

[hydralique]

Very Interesting . . .

Perhaps somebody here at AW who knows something about Greek culture will chime in . . .

 

[jeffg]

Pagan fertility festivals have been around a long long time. Early Christians usurped these festivals for their Easter celebrations. They did the same thing with pagan winter solstice festivals (for Christmas).

When I was about 15 a group of friends and I started building a huge snowman in Sequoia Nat'l Park and wound up building a snow penis, complete with veins and nuts. It was funny watching skiiers and tourists do double-takes trying to figure out what it was. But we later regretted it. Lewd and pointless, especially in such a beautiful place.

Great website BTW. Did you catch the quiz on James Bond?

http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=32147

 

[7080swashertalk]

LOL !

I wouldn't mind going greek at a "Phallus Festival"!
;o)

Hey everyone. Howz zit hangin'? (pardon the pun)

 

[andrewinorlando]

Oh God, imagine if a town in the US did this? And what's wrong with worshiping a penis????

It would be most interesting if someone made a phallus shaped agitator for a washing machine.

 

[jeffg]

Daddy, what's that?

Never mind honey. Oh look, there's Cyndi Lauper!

 

[foraloysius]

"It would be most interesting if someone made a phallus shaped agitator for a washing machine."

Oh child! If you only knew! LOL

 

[foraloysius]

In Bhutan the Phallus is worshipped too. It's more a symbol for the male ego than a sexual symbol. Here's a link.

http://www.keystobhutan.com/bhutan/bhutan_art_phallus.php

 

[maytagbear]

Our resident expert in

things Greek is moving house at the moment, and is not on-line at the moment. However, we talked last night on the phone, and he says "hello."

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[johnny]

hahahahha

Guys, believe it or not, this is a very very very old traditional festival and it takes part at "Tirnavos", a very small town near Larissa (another small city).
I want to visit the festival but I dont have free time to go

Expect the "view" of the festival, there are loooottt of strange foods that you can taste!

If you can visit Greece one week before Easter go to this festival!!

A Greek,
John

 

[jasonl]

I'd like to learn some of the dirty songs they sing so I can sing them to Helen LOL.

After all, Helen is a Greek name so it fits (pun intended).

 

[johnny]

jason

I'll try to translate some of them

 

[7080swashertalk]

eww, I gotta hear that.