Culture

Chrisso is shared common customs with neighbouring Delphi.

The Christmas the Band of Municipality Delphi sing [Xmas Song] in Chrisso as in Delphi while the men older turned dimes, betting a lot of money, which they placed from the previous year in the iconostasis of house in order to he brings to them "head", that is to say profit.

The eve of New Year's Day the women removed the evening outside from the house a dish with pomegranate, wheat, gently and coins in order to they see the stars of night and the morning they gathered him also him they scattered in the all corners of house in order to he is full from virtuous all per year. Also the morning they went to the taps and they left gently in order to "sweeting" the waters and they took with the pitchers in their house "speechless water". As soon as they reached [they broke] in the step of house a pomegranate in order to it has the house so much good those who the seeds of pomegranate.

1 March the girls wear in their hand a bracelet a woven from white and red spinner, said "March", acient custom which observed and the girls of acient Athens, that in deed put also him in the statue of view Athina, acient Sparta and Macedonia. "March" is considered that it protected the girls from the burn of helium. Him they removed the day of Brilliant and him they put in the lamb in order to it is not burned at the baking.

In Carnivals older the residents were disguised and it was got used the men get dressed itself women and in particular gipsy in order to they say the fate and reverse. From the opening of [Triodioy] up to Clean Monday, they turned on fires at neighborhoods and competitoning for who fire it will reach more tally. The boys jumped above the fires and they set up dances round them, with carnival songs that had [skoptiko] content with bold words.

Chrisso with view in the Olive grove of Amfissa, [Itea] and the Corinthian gulf

he big Week the landords [white paint] their courtyards and [clean] the houses and their flowers while the day of Lazarus the girls say [Xmas songs] keeping baskets embelished with poppies. Big Friday the girls get dressed itself with black costumes for companion the Epitaph in rotation. His Sunday Easter the baking of lamb becomes in the courtyards of houses and in the streets while honorary them they have the traditional songs and particular the known municipal song that is reported in Chrisso.

A custom which has disappearred has been "[Rizikaria]". On 24 June, the eve of his Saint John I locked, the single men they filled the pitchers with speechless water, they threw in their personal objects and they placed him in the tiles of house. The other day wedded they lowered him, they shouted boys and girls and they gave the objects in the girls with small papers from timetables that they had poetry and tried him to have an afair with the boys.

The 12 first days of August the old men forecast "date" that is to say the time that will make the next year after each day corresponded in one month of new year. These days are avoided the heavy works. On 6 August, in the Metamorphosis of Savior landords cut half made grapes, go him to the church and after song the priest him shares in the world in order to they have good [sodeia]. On 29 August, the eve of Saint John of [Apokefalisti], [girls from delfi] and [girls from Chrisso] went with animals to the church of Saint John to [Kirra] and drink water from the source of region, "[tserlonero]", which as they said it cleaned the intestines.

1st of September it was the beginning of Greek [Indiktionos]. [Indiktion] was not astronomical circle which was identified with the economic year and this date was decisive for the economic prosperity of house that's why did not accept visits. He is not accidental that in the all world 1st of September is considered the start of new economic - enterprising year.

When died some young individual, they outside hung from the house his black buckram with initial with golden paper letters and black ribbons in order to they show that the house mourning and does not accept visits. The widowers in engagements and marriages do not remove blacks but throw in their back a white kerchief.