Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Changing of the guards in Athens, Greece
If you happen to be in Athens, watching the changing of the Greek honor guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a must. Called
evzones
, the guards don the
fustanella
, a kilt with 400 pleats representing 400 years of Ottoman rule in the country.
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