Epiphany (holiday) several archaeological digs, 4 papal visits and state visits and attracts tourists and pilgrimage activity. Approximately 81,000 people visited the site in 2016, mostly European, American and Arab tourists. Epiphany is known in Latvia as "Trijkungu diena" (Three Kings Day) by Catholics or "Zvaigznes diena" (Star Day) by Lutherans after the custom of star singing, and the Star of Bethlehem which led the Magi to the Christ Child. In the past bright stars of fabric were sewn onto the background of dark colored quilts, representing the night sky. Epiphany was a day of enjoyment, spent in horse-drawn open sleighs, and
Epiphany (holiday) any other good things left in the house from Christmas are devoured. Lastly, there is a German rhyme saying, or "Bauernregel", that goes "Ist's bis Dreikönigs kein Winter, kommt keiner dahinter" meaning "If there hasn't been any Winter (weather) until Epiphany, none is coming afterward." Another of these "Bauernregel", (German farmer's rules) for Epiphany states: "Dreikönigsabend hell und klar, verspricht ein gutes Weinjahr" or "If the eve of Epiphany is bright and clear, it foretells a good wine year." In Greece, Cyprus and the Greek diaspora throughout the world, the feast is called the Theophany, or colloquially "Phōta" (, "Lights").