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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Friday was time 1 of the 63rd Fresno Greek Fest, and folks of each backgrounds came unneurotic to observe Greek civilization done food, music, and more.
There’s a celebrated Greek concept, ‘Kefi’, oregon the tone of hay, passionateness for life, fun, and happiness.
“It is perfectly astonishing for radical to witnesser and acquisition the full Greek culture. There's not a Greek edifice successful the Central Valley,” Greek Fest attendee Athena Matsikas said.
Folks were astatine the festival expressing their ‘Kefi’ done dance, music, and bully food.
“I emotion the lamb, I emotion the chicken,” Matsikas said.
“This year, we person a lamb dip sandwich, thin-cut roast limb of lamb. Au jus implicit a existent bully herb rotation with a pepperoncini? I'm excited. I'm ace excited astir this. We person cheese-stuffed kabobs,” Greek Fest Chairman Peter Vallis said.
And this year, Greek Fest feels a batch cooler.
“The upwind is unbelievable. We had a small spot of rain. This, you know, that benignant of like, I deliberation wide the air. Right. So we person cleaner air, cooler weather. But adjacent if it was hot, we person tons and tons of shadiness and misters,” Matsikas said.
Greek civilization was connected afloat display. This twelvemonth is important for St. George Greek Orthodox Church.
“We're finishing up celebrating our 100th twelvemonth present successful Fresno. Saint George was founded successful 1924,” Vallis said.
It’s different crushed for the assemblage to celebrate.
“I deliberation a batch of radical bask coming present to spot the assortment of civilization and bask the euphony and the food,” Attendee Sara Kantarci said.
And the bully clip continues done the weekend, connected Saturday from 11 a.m. to midnight and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“We couldn't bash this without our volunteers. We couldn't bash this without the community. And everybody gets to travel and beryllium Greek for a weekend,” Greek Fest unpaid Elenmy Mellis said.
The euphony contiguous was played by 2 antithetic Greek bands, 1 from Long Beach and different from Athens, Greece.
