"Synchronized chaos and the deafening din of bells draws revelers to the streets of Skyros for the annual goat dance, a pre-Lenten carnival with hints of ancient fertility rites. Clad in stifling pelts, kidskin masks, and loops of metal goat bells totaling a hundred pounds or more, celebrants fueled by ouzo stomp and sweat through the night."

—From "Ancient Greece Part III—Ascent to Glory," February 2000, National Geographic magazine