Vovousa Festival

"A traditional panigiri in the breathtaking stone-built Vlach mountain village of Syrrako, inscribed on Greece's National Intangible Cultural Heritage register, combining Epirotic polyphonic music and communal feasting at one of the highest and most remote villages in mainland Greece."

Panigyri Syrrakou (Πανηγύρι Συρράκου)

Syrrako, Epirus, Greece

"The Assumption panigiri in Tsepelovo, the largest of the Zagori villages with its grand Epirote mansions and central plane-tree square, is the region's most prominent mid-August celebration, drawing diaspora and visitors for clarino music and all-night tsamiko dancing."

Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Τσεπέλοβο

Tsepelovo, Epirus, Greece

"Vitsa's Assumption panigiri is a quintessential Zagori village celebration held in a compact stone-paved square where Epirote clarino melodies and communal tsamiko dancing carry on in an entirely traditional way until morning."

Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Βίτσα

Vitsa, Epirus, Greece

"Dilofo, lauded by Discover Greece for its outstanding traditional architecture and the view on entering the village, holds its Assumption panigiri among cobbled lanes and neoclassical mansions in a setting rarely matched in the Zagori region."

Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Δίλοφο

Dilofo, Epirus, Greece

"Koukouli's intimate Assumption panigiri takes place in one of the most architecturally harmonious Zagori stone villages, home to the Lazarides Natural History Museum, where the whole community gathers for a night of traditional Epirote music."

Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Κουκούλι

Koukouli, Epirus, Greece

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"Asprangeli's Assumption panigiri is one of the lesser-visited August 15 celebrations in Zagori, offering travellers an authentically local experience of Epirote folk dancing and clarino music away from the more famous village squares."

Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Ασπράγγελοι