Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
Events
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02/02/2020 - 03/02/2020
San Simeon festival, winter season
Location: Greece / Western Greece / Missolonghi
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The winter edition of San Simeon festival of the city of Missolonghi. All nighters inside huts in the woods around the monastery of San Simeon.
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02/02/2020 - 03/02/2020
Winter festival of Saint Simeon
Location: Greece / Western Greece / Iera Poli Messologgiou
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
An ecstatic festival of drinking and dancing to Dionysian rhythms takes place in the historic city of Missolonghi.
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13/02/2020 - 14/02/2020
Procession of Valentine's relics at Lesvos island
Location: Greece / North Aegean / Mytilene
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The relics of Saint Valentine are guided in a litany through the town of Mytilene on his name day. One of the few Catholic litanies taking place in Greece.
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16/02/2020 - 16/02/2020
Bell Roads of Thessaloniki
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Thessaloniki
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Every year in Thessaloniki there is help the Bell roads festival. Many groups of people bearing bells (20 to 30 teams each year) from Greece and abroad take part. There are more than 1500 people active. Disguised dancers, musicians, will parade on the streets of the city.
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16/02/2020 - 16/02/2020
Annual traditional dance in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Pireas
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The World Epirus gathering takes place every year in Athens. People from Epirus from all over Greece would come to show off their costumes and dances.
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23/02/2020 - 23/02/2020
Carnival in Metaxourgio
Location: Greece / Attica / Metaxourgio
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
The annual Carnival in the heart of Athens
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23/02/2020 - 23/02/2020
Carnival day in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Athens
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Firecrackers, music, drinking and dancing in all the streets of the area until night falls and we always end up in the central square where the maypole is installed.
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27/02/2020 - 27/02/2020
Koudounati (bell bearers) custom in Aperathos village
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Naxos
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
An ancient Dionysian custom taking place in one of the most beautiful villages of Naxos island, Aperathos. Men are getting dressed in fur and goat skins and hang bells around their waist to send away evil spirits.
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29/02/2020 - 29/02/2020
The Ghost of Charmaina Carnival of Amfissa
Location: Greece / Central Greece / Άμφισσα
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
A custom related to a very old local legend, regarding a ghost protecting a local fountain, Charmaina. The legend said that there were more ghosts protecting other places and they would fight amongst them many times. The locals would hear the screams and hide in their homes. A quite spectacular event which gets very crowded.
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29/02/2020 - 01/03/2020
Carnival day at Amfissa
Location: Greece / Western Greece / Amfissa
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
An annual pagan custom takes place at the Town of Amfissa. The night of the sprites, takes place on the Saturday just before Ash Monday. A custom that can be combined with flour wars of Galaxidi, taking place on Ash Monday.
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29/02/2020 - 29/02/2020
The spirit of Charmaina
Location: Greece / Central Greece / Amfissa
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
So the next day they found his body below the castle. His face was calm, with a faint smile on his lips, believing that his soul would soon meet up with Lenio, and that they would be together forever.
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26/02/2020 - 27/02/2020
Kordelatoi and Foustanelatoi of Kinidaros, Eggares and Galini
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Naxos
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
Kordelati and Foustanelati at the villages.This is the carnival of Naxos island!