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Festivals in Greece

The Perfect Crete Festival – Rethymno Carnival 2011

The Rethymno Carnival is undoubtedly Crete’s largest, most important and most flamboyant carnival. Held in the town of Rethymno, the three-week celebration showcases Greek culture in the most spectacular of ways possible, subtly blending the nation’s traditions, art, dance and theatre.

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Music festivals in Crete 2011

Late spring is when Crete starts gearing itself up for a summer of hedonism, heat and some serious live music… Casi del Mezzo Music Festival – Thursday 23 June – Tuesday 28 June 2011 Since the 1960s when musicians such as Yiannis Markopoulos and Nikos Xylouris combined Cretan folk music with classical techniques, traditional and

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