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Throughout
their entire service, each Evzone teams up with
a partner. Between them they share both training
and duties. Mutual help is also appreciated
when donning the uniforms, a task that can prove
time-consuming. Slipping into the official uniform,
for instance, may take up to half an hour. Help
also comes in handy with smoothing the black
tassel atop the Evzones red cap, or ‘fessi’,
straightening the collar or tying properly the
two-part fustanella, the traditional 400-fold
kilt. Through the hottest summer and the coldest
winter, the Evzones invariably wear white woolen
stockings and a leather belt with bullet holders
to emphasize the waist of the ‘well-belted’
soldier.