The events in the village starting from 23 and 24 June with the custom of Kleidona .The afternoon of June 23 the Samarinaioi decorate a gkioumi with flowers and place inside their rings .Gemizoun gkioumi the water at the tap of Great Virgin and singing do cycle taps the village, leading to the square, where the dance continues. The next day [24 louniou] afternoon, they start from the same point and end up singing in the square. Drain water from gkioumi and remove their rings made greetings Here feasting and dancing with the only women's participation.
The biggest festival is that of the Assumption, which is the "Samarinaioi of Easter." It is this which brings the most people and is trying to find each Samarina who are away from home. This festival lasts for three days, the first day celebrated small operation with few participants and all night in inn descend disclosing dance groups The main celebration is the second day. All children and adults attending the liturgy and then in the courtyard of the church catch the "Big" dance village or "Tsiatsos" .The dance is reminiscent of the trichoria of the leading and the organizer of the ancient dithyramb while Klidona is then undoubtedly an oracular expression of Antiquity. so called by the title song which say first dance and refers to terrible Arvanitis Raider "Tsiatsio", which in 1785 terrorized the area around Samarina.
In "Tsiatsio" superimposed two great circles of men and women are formed. The inner circle is its primary consists of men while the exterior of women. Front enters the group of elders with top of the village, usually the oldest. Here the group of middle-aged, then the younger men and end the lads of the village. The same happens with the group of women, with the difference that excluded from the dance unmarried girls. The dancers singing six songs that others are heroically kleftika other Drawn into the social life of the village. Dance coordinate an organizer - master of ceremonies, located in the center of the circle holding a stick. The dancers slowly and walking outside of the first to dance in three.
On the third day continues the same. Of course there are other festivals, the Prophet Elias, Agia Paraskevi, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Kosmas, with the latter the Little Lady, which is the "farewell" so to speak, but all are less brightness.
