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Kato Asites of Heraklion: the Custom of “Snowmen” Revives Again

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The inhabitants of Crete know how to discover snow in the caves of Psiloritis during the summer. “The active inhabitants of Kato Asiti Heraklion continue an old tradition of their region, finding large amounts of snow that is preserved unchanged during the summer months in the unclimbed caves of the rocks. On the eastern side of Psiloritis at the base of which the Asites are located, there are “tombs” “-vertical caves like wells, where one can o…
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The inhabitants of Crete know how to discover snow in the caves of Psiloritis during the summer. “The active inhabitants of Kato Asiti Heraklion continue an old tradition of their region, finding large amounts of snow that is preserved unchanged during the summer months in the unclimbed caves of the rocks. On the eastern side of Psiloritis at the base of which the Asites are located, there are “tombs” “-vertical caves like wells, where one can o…

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www.ertnews.gr broke the news in on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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