AP reports from Galaxidi, Greece that for a few hours every year, residents and visitors of this pretty Greek seaside town have a license to lose their civility.
They engage in what’s known as a “flour war” — participants pelt each other with bags of dyed flour along the coastal road lining Galaxidi’s old harbor.
Some 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of Athens, Galaxidi only has about 1,700 inhabitants but it was once an important trading port. Its influence declined with the advent of steam power in the 19th century.
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