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Greek cuisine and culture shared at annual festival

Sofia Gjata, 20, of Algonquin (left) holds a cell phone to help her sister, Elena Gjata, 17, fix her dance costume during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest on Saturday. The sisters are both dancers with the Agape Dance Troop from St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Elgin. (Katrina J)

Sofia Gjata, 20, of Algonquin (left) holds a cell phone to help her sister, Elena Gjata, 17, fix her dance costume during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest on Saturday. The sisters are both dancers with the Agape Dance Troop from St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Elgin. (Katrina J)

Dancers from the Agape Dance Troop from St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Elgin participate in a traditional Greek dance during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest on Saturday. (Katrina J)

Evelyn Anderson, 3, of Sycamore takes a big bite of karithopita, a Greek walnut cake, during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest on Saturday. The festival in DeKalb's Hopkins Park featured Greek cuisine, dancing, a bounce house, vendors and a beer and wine garden. (Katrina J)

Grant Smith, 16, of Algonquin, a dancer from the Agape Dance Troop from St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Elgin, participates in a traditional Greek dance during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest on Saturday. (Katrina J)

Souvlaki, seasoned kebabs made from pork or chicken, were one of the many traditional Greek foods people could purchase during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest, held last weekend in Hopkins Park in DeKalb. (Katrina J)

Gyros were one of the many traditional Greek foods available during Greek Fest last weekend in Hopkins Park. (Katrina J)

Elisabeth Wright of Chicago makes loukoumades, fried dough dipped in honey and topped with cinnamon and powdered sugar, Saturday, during St. George Greek Orthodox Church's Greek Fest in DeKalb's Hopkins Park. (Katrina J)

Loukoumades, fried dough dipped in honey and topped with cinnamon and powdered sugar, were one of the many traditional Greek foods available at Greek Fest last weekend in Hopkins Park. (Katrina J)