Colorful Start to Lent

February 20, 2018 at 4:16 a.m. | Updated February 20, 2018 at 4:13 a.m.

by Associated Press

Revelers throw flour as they participate in the flour war, a colorful, friendly fight marking the end of the carnival season, Monday in the port town of Galaxidi, about 120 miles west of Athens, Greece. The flour fight, on the coastal road lining Galaxidi's old harbor, takes place on Clean Monday, the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast that ends on Easter Sunday.
Revelers throw flour as they participate in the flour war, a colorful, friendly fight marking the end of the carnival season, Monday in the port town of Galaxidi, about 120 miles west of Athens, Greece. The flour fight, on the coastal road lining Galaxidi's old harbor, takes place on Clean Monday, the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast that ends on Easter Sunday.

Revelers throw flour as they participate in the flour war, a friendly fight marking the end of the carnival season, Monday in the port town of Galaxidi, about 120 miles west of Athens, Greece. The flour fight, on the coastal road lining Galaxidi's old harbor, takes place on Clean Monday, the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast that ends on Easter Sunday.

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