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Christmas “Kouloura”, a sweet ceremonial bread

Christmas “Kouloura”, a sweet ceremonial bread

In Zakynthos, my grandmother’s island, we make the round “Kouloura” on Christmas Eve. It is a lovely Lenten sweet ceremonial bread. Every year since I got married, we gather around the table, raise the Kouloura together in our hands, over the incense burner and chant