In intensive carnival people rhythms, her city lives again Patrasafter three years of “absence”, due to meters what was taken against her COVID-19.

Thousands of visitors and visitors to the carnival enjoy moments of fun and carefree fun, while the carnival events, ending on the weekend with two big parades and a closing ceremony, are characterized by great participation, satire, subversion, ingenuity, creativity, imagination and joy.

Wanting to send messages of hope and optimism everywhere, more than 50,000 carnival workers – members of 139 “hidden treasure” teams – are preparing to go all out and put on a breathtaking spectacle in their colorful and imaginative costumes and inspiring designs. .

The first big parade will start at 18:00. This special parade is also called darati because the structures and floats of the carriages are not presented, but only their members parade in their uniforms. Thus, a breathtaking spectacle awaits in the center of Patras tonight, where lighting, swift currents, colors and gaiety lend brilliance and grandeur to the night of the last Saturday of the father’s carnival.

The second big parade will start tomorrow at 2 pm, and three years later the father’s carnival floats will appear, made by the artists of the carnival workshop of the municipality. Patreon.

In particular, the parade of floats will begin with the drummer-herald of the carnival king, who will set the carnival rhythm with his tambourine, and behind him the colorful carnival king will act as a clown, who will have a protruding form of a circus and a carousel animals.

They will also display the queen’s carriage with paternal queen of the 2023 carnival, Katerina. Venus – seoulflower platform with the queen of the three previous events that was not on display, Maria Kyriakopoulou“Imagine” with John They say so too van trampling the tank of war, “Infernal oil” for the price of gasoline, “facebookwith a comic satire aimed at fake social media profiles, a “Rabbit Challenge Show” focusing on the adventures of the pandemic, and two musical chariots with a humorous look.

Also children’s carnival floats “Iguana”, “Moon”, “Carnival“, “Witch” (chariot for donating blood), “Dog”, “Centipede” and “Cicada”.

At the end of Sunday’s grand parade, four floats and a wagon will appear. chocolate warWith chocolate chips to continue the traditional custom, unchanged over time, delighting the audience on the sidewalks and balconies.

The hosts of the grandiose parade, which will be broadcast by the ERT-2 TV channel, will be domestic journalists, Natasha Singer and Michalis Bayraktaris.

Meanwhile, Patras is starting to overflow with thousands of visitors who want to get to know the papal carnival up close and take part in the great feast.

In particular, the city’s hotels are 100% full, while hotels located relatively close to the Achaean capital show very large classes. In addition, according to Olympia Odos, from yesterday morning to this morning, about 21,000 vehicles have passed the Rio toll road towards Patras, while intercity bus routes are continuous, mainly from Athens, but also from other cities, such as Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Volos, etc. At the same time, rail routes increased to Kiato, with the final point of Patras, via buses connecting the railway station of Corinthia with the capital of the Achaeans.

Therefore, in connection with the arrival of a large number of visitors, measures have already been taken in order not to create problems.

In particular, by decision of the 6th health district, the ambulance department of two large city hospitals, university and “Saint Andreas” will work with simultaneous duty, as well as “Caramandanyoyo» children’s hospital for pediatric patients.

In addition, two medical centers (urban type) in the northern and southern parts of the city will work from morning to 10 pm, and Greek Red Cross volunteers are in the central part of the city to offer their help to anyone in need.

For their part, the police have taken increased security measures, using reinforcements from neighboring regional units.

^{Source: APE-MEB}