Anyway, ofc I don't like the occasions during which it is eaten, but it does taste nice. 
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Kollifa are super yummy and I love them too! I think it’s beautiful that they are sometimes associated with the rememberance of those who are gone, but kollifa are also given as offerings for the celebration of a loved one’s name day :)
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Or one’s own name as well, I think.
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I've never seen that in Cyprus ever. Where do you live in Cyprus? I'm from Nicosia.
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Interesting! I’m from Deryneia and my extended family certainly does it. I wonder if it’s more of a local tradition. I’ll look into it!
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Very interesting. Yeah, please tell me.

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It’s mentioned here (“γιορτή ή μνημόσυνο”):pic.twitter.com/arAabAHBpd
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I really have never seen it for name days though. Is it perhaps "too traditional" for Nicosians? We do usually chocolate bars at school.
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Yes, I’m guessing it’s too old-school, too tradish & too much work for many today(& in past few decades), esp women who work. It involves preparing & taking kollifa (& prosforo) to church the evening before the name day to have it blessed & then offered, as w a mnimosino.
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I used to live eating it at funerals as a kid in Romania! It carries the same name in Romanian. I didn't find it macabre at all.
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It's delicious.
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On a similar(?) tone, I really enjoy the mournful bells on Holy Friday and Holy Saturday. Also, koliva are cool.
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