Tyrnavos - Phallus Festival
Tyrnavos is a tourist destination one day a year--on "dirty Monday" (or "Clean Monday") when a one-day pagan fertility festival in Tyrnavos near the central Greek city of Larissa marks the beginning of Lent and tourists swell the population to see the fertility festival dedicated to Dionysus.
Clean Monday's Dirty Stepbrother - Tyrnavos Phallic Festival
Find out what the Monday before lent has to offer the festival goer in the town of Tyrnavos. Explanation and information on the Tyrnavos Phallic Festival
Find out what the Monday before lent has to offer the festival goer in the town of Tyrnavos. Explanation and information on the Tyrnavos Phallic Festival
Tyrnavos Map
Fine out where Tyrnavos is using on a map, with information on the region and the phallus festival.
Fine out where Tyrnavos is using on a map, with information on the region and the phallus festival.
Celebrating Lent Tyrnavos Style
"The residents of Tyrnavos, in central Greece, mark the beginning of Lent with a no-holds-barred celebration of the phallus. Theodora Tongas comes to grips with the "Bourani," a firmly-held local tradition."
"The residents of Tyrnavos, in central Greece, mark the beginning of Lent with a no-holds-barred celebration of the phallus. Theodora Tongas comes to grips with the "Bourani," a firmly-held local tradition."