The Oskhophoria is celebrated on 8 Pyanepsion and is a festival of Dionysos and the grape/wine harvest. This is also the time when Dionysos comes to Delphi and Apollon leaves to go to Hyperborea.
The traditional observance included a procession led by two young men who dressed as women to honor Dionysos' androgyny. A modern observance could thus include dressing for ritual as the opposite of one's usual gender presentation.
Wine offerings, common at many festivals, are particularly appropriate for this one.
Oskhophoria 2011
Oskhophoria 2012
Oskhophoria 2013
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