The mountain village of Theologos on Thassos has kept alive a fifty-year tradition of reenacting a traditional Thassian wedding, complete with period costumes, customary rituals and folk music performed by local associations. The event, timed to the summer season when the island's population swells with visitors and returning expatriates, has become one of the most recognisable cultural fixtures on Thassos alongside the mainland's Philippi and Cosmopolis festivals. Organisers describe the reenactment as a living link to customs that shaped island life for generations before modern weddings replaced them.