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About Midwife's / Women's Day in Greece
Women , European Countries
Ends: Jan 08, 2020
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The Greeks know how to make a celebration fun. Midwife's or Women's Day in Greece is held annually. Women of childbearing age get out of the house, dine and pamper and leave caring and cleaning to men for the day. In some smaller villages, men caught outside on this day are greeted with a bucket of cold water splashed at them...and promptly told to return to the house for the rest of the day.
As most traditions, this day does have ties to the Bible. It's tied to Saint Agia Domnikes, the midwife who is believed to have help the Panagia with the birth of Christ, whose baptism is celebrated on Epiphany in Greece. The Day of Agia Domnikes, or Midwife's Day is celebrated annually two days later. The water ritual evolved from the practice of pouring out water, (in preparation for giving birth) for the selected midwife on this day by fertile women. In olden days, women kissed a sausage or leek and provided gifts for the ceremonial midwife. Today they eat the sausage, drink a lot of wine, eat and at times, douse men in cold water. What fun!
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