Nea Petra ( el, Νέα Πέτρα) is a village in the Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. Nea Petra is located around 23 km south east of the city of Serres.

History

According to the Ethnological Museum of Thrace, Greeks from Kayali settled in Nea Petra. During the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

, Bulgaria annexed the village until 1913. After the Minor Asia Catastrophe in 1922 some Arvanites settled in Nea Petra. Before 1927 Nea Petra was called Tsianos.

Babo/Vrexoudia tradition

Ever since 1923, on the 8th of January, a tradition takes place in Nea Petra called Babo or Vrexoudia. According to this tradition, women take over the village and force the men to do the home chores. During the Vrexoudia tradition on the same day, women actively provoke water fights with the men of the village. The 8th of January is also called the day of Gynecocracy in Nea Petra due to this tradition.

Population

Notable people

Michalis Tzelepis, MP of ΠΑΣΟΚ

References

{{reflist Populated places in Serres (regional unit) Nea Zichni Villages in Greece