A reveler dances…

A reveler dances in front of a giant clock during a parade yesterday in the northwestern Peloponnesian town of Patras to mark the official opening of the annual Carnival celebrations. The Patras Carnival – Greece’s oldest and most popular – culminates with a parade of floats and groups of revelers through the town’s main streets.

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