Cheese Eating Sunday Corfu 2012!

Cheese Eating Sunday in Corfu Town! Just another reason to visit Corfu in 2012!

Cheese lovers of the world unite in Corfu in mid-February 2012! The Greeks don’t need much excuse to throw a party, particularly on the island of Corfu. When Corfu Town therefore throws a festival named Cheese Eating Sunday, nobody bats an eyelid.

Whilst the locals don’t bat an eyelid, the visitors probably will, with the sheer joy, gaiety and amusing events that unfold on this exceptional Sunday in mid-February, all dedicated to the celebration of cheese.

One of the island’s most colourful events, and boy are there a few, Cheese Eating Sunday Corfu 2012 will see parades and processions of floats, filled with costumes – the more flamboyant the better, music – the louder the better, and dancing – the wilder the better, as Corfu Town’s charming streets become a hive of euphoric activities.

Asides its devotion to having fun, Cheese Eating Sunday holds a serious religious undertone. As its name suggests, cheese is eaten on this Sunday, and, with meat is forbidden, the dish of the day is macaroni cheese.

This religious and traditional day marks the approaching of Lent, and is followed by ‘Clean Monday. On ‘Clean Monday’ meat is also forbidden, but the commitment to eating cheese is replaced by a devotion to bread, cuttlefish and squid, whilst the partying, naturally, continues will into the early hours.

With the almond trees beginning to bloom, the weather considerably warmer and sunnier than most other parts of Europe, and this verdurous island becoming all the more greener, Cheese Eating Sunday is just another reason to make take your early yet break on Corfu – particularly if you are a cheese lover!

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