In the villages of Platanias and Sitagroi Dramas prefecture found the custom of Momogeron, which comes from the Pontian refugees. The name of the custom comes from the words or mimic Momus and old and is linked to mimic the movements of the protagonists. Those wearing a pelt of animals - wolves, goats or other - or dressed in uniforms of people armed with swords, in the form of elderly persons. The Momogeroi, appear throughout the course of twelve days of Christmas and the expectation of luck for the new year, turned to friends on the streets of villages and sing carols or other efchetikous lyrics: "Authority and carols beginning of time, carols always, always time. When two friends meet, they pseftopolemo each other until one team to win and the other to its allegiance.
Variations of the same custom, found in villages of Kozani and Kastoria, called Ragoutsaria.
Article by Constantinos Avgitidis
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