 Despite the constant flow, due to the number of people participating which in recent years has reached between 35 and 40 thousand, the parade takes several hours to complete.It cuts through the town and is watched by thousands on the streets, on balconies, in the stands and throughout Greece in a televised coverage.An extension of the traditional festivities based around the burning of the float of the Carnival King, with concerts, dances, a farewell to the carnival past, announcements about the carnival to come and countless fireworks.