Agrinio: All ready for the casting of the “coppers”

One of the many traditional Easter customs is the coppers, which are revived every year on Good Friday night, in Agrinio. It has its roots in the era of the Turkish occupation, when the inhabitants lit improvised fireworks or bronze during the circumambulation of the tomb, in order to drive away the extra-religious. “The custom we want to keep in the city is from the time of the Turkish occupation, it was done to expel the non-religious from the…