Greece Gets Very Traditional On This Dual Holiday
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In Greece, March 25th celebrates independence and Annunciation Day. The whole day is filled with parades where schoolchildren dress in traditional Greek clothing and carry the national flag.
The biggest event is in Athens, where there is a grand military parade that the president of Greece attends. Greek people look forward to eating bakaliaros, a Greek delicacy of salted, fried cod served with a garlic aioli. The holiday commemorates the day the country rose up against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. On the Greek Orthodox calendar, it is also the day the Archangel Gabriel informed Mary that she would bear the son of God.
