Also, every year in Tyrnavos occurs the Phallus Festival before Easter, a pagan fertility festival in honour of the god of Mount Olympus, Dionysus which locates in ancient Greece and is one of the most famous worldwide. There is also a long-standing tradition of a cappella music in Thessaly, including in dance music.
^Hornblower, Simon; Morgan, Catherine (2007-02-22). Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals: From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire. OUP Oxford. ISBN978-0-19-153798-1.