 As the historian of the Patras Carnival Nikos Politis points out, beautiful carnivals were organized during the belle époque in the years 1900, 1907, 1909 with attendance for the first time of individuals from all social classes and origins.This period also gave birth to the egg-war custom.Wax eggs were made stuffed with confetti using specially designed machines which the carnivals threw from balconies.