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Whirlpools

March 23, 2022

Colored or natural whirlpools (little whirlpools – “kouinakia”, big whirlpools – “koukounares”).  The whirlpool is wooden and has a metal nail at the bottom. It can be rotated in two ways: with a rope that is elliptically wound and pulled sharply or by twisting its head with the fingers. Whichever whirlpool spined longer than the others was the winner.  (The father gave his whirlpool to his child. It was a game that lasted over time).

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