Clean Monday (this year on February 23) marks the beginning of the lent with the last celebration of the carnival. One of the places to be on this day, if you are in Crete, is the central street of the village of Gergeri at about noon.
Enjoy a traditional street party with many 'happenings', parades, dances, music and presentation of local customs. The is always a lot of people (one one the last years there were 10.000 visitors!) and lots of fun!