Kalmar "bikin" na iya kawo wa sanannen sanannen Rio de Janeiro ta carnival daga Brazil ko Bikin Bikin Venice a Italiya. Amma ana yin bukukuwa masu mahimmanci a Girka. Mafi shahararren shine Carnival na Patras a cikin Peloponnese, yayin da Carnival na Rethymnon ke zama sananne kuma mafi kyawu a kowace shekara.
Kuma wannan lokacin bikin a Girka an san shi da apokries cewa, bayan duka, lokaci ne na Carnival na Athens. Biki ga mutane na kowane zamani, haɗakar da al'adun gargajiya tare da ra'ayoyi da al'amuran zamani waɗanda ke jan hankalin masu yawon buɗe ido daga ko'ina cikin duniya.
Lokacin Bikin Carnival a Athens, Girka na tsawan sati uku, kuma jam’iyya ce ba tsayawa ba har zuwa zuwan Lent.
A cikin 2013 Carnival ta fara daga Lahadi 3 ga Fabrairu zuwa Lahadi 24 ga Fabrairu. Gaskiyar ita ce Carnival a Athens wata dama ce ta tsere wa rayuwar yau da kullun da shiga cikin duniyar biki da tatsuniya.
Labari ne na ado da nishadi. A cikin makonni uku na lokacin Carnival, Athens cike da suttura. Atheniyawa na kowane zamani, da baƙi, suna yin ado don shiga bukukuwa ko yawaitar cafes da sanduna na gari sanye da maski masu ban dariya, wig da suttura. Kari kan haka, garin Athens ya zama babban fifiko don gabatar da abubuwa a duk shekara wadanda ke jan hankalin yara, tunda bikin yara bukukuwa ne ga yara.
Karshen karshen mako da karshen mako musamman lokacin shahararrun lokuta ne don kwalliyar kwalliya da kwallaye, da yawa suna faruwa a wurare daban-daban a duk makonni uku na bikin.
An yi imanin cewa abin rufe fuska din daga zuriyar tsohuwar masks ne wanda tsoffin 'yan wasan da ke wasan kwaikwayo na Girka da wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo ke sawa. Don haka Romawa suka yi masks daban-daban waɗanda ke wakiltar nau'ikan ban dariya.