August 15th

LocationVrastama

This great celebration of the 15th of August, namely the Assumption of the Virgin Mary or better its metastasis from the earth to heaven, is also celebrated in Vastama of Chalkidiki. There is a chapel in a beautiful place filled with plane trees and holly. There are daily celebrations of the celebrated Divine Liturgy. Then a group of young people of the village “Oikonomades” offer the old-fashioned noodle dish with gouda boiled on the charcoal.This day in the village is offered the traditional drink produced by the bushy plant the coumaria and is called “koumaros”. The feast of ” Koumaros “is included in the Cultural Events organized by the Cultural Association of Vastamon.