Culture of Upper Reka consisting of "sarma" or stuffed vine leaves with rice and "kikurama" made of cereals. On this day, girls also gathered, entertained and cooked a salted pastry called "fli". The Orthodox of Ničpur celebrated St. Athanasius on January 31 (Julian calendar). Toward the end of February, both Muslims and Christians would conduct a ceremony called "todore" (definite: "todorja") meaning Theodora on a Thursday. Activities conducted were the village young led in song to an elderly women's house, with old cloths and shuttles from a loom. A bonfire would be lit there and a "todore" or type of scarecrow built (also known
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