Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Events
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29/12/2019 - 01/01/2020
New Year fires of Psarades
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Prespes
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Bonfires are lit on New Year's Eve to welcome the New Year. An ancient Pagan (Dionysian) custom on the shore of a beautiful, serene and at the same time surreal small village.
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23/12/2019 - 24/12/2019
Fires of Achlada
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Florina
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
The fires of Christmas is an ancient custom that is very widespread in the villages around Florina in Greece. Large bonfires are being set in central squares and each village tries to make a bigger and better fire than their neighbors.
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23/12/2019 - 23/12/2019
Fires of Giourouki
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Florina
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
While waiting for the fire of Achlada to start at midnight, a custom that takes place in many villages around Florina on December 23, the guys we met there told us to go together at the next village, Giourouki, to see the fire there as well. They would start that earlier than Achlada, since that was a smaller village and most of the local people there would visit the big fire of Achlada later.
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27/12/2019 - 27/12/2019
Purpuris
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Didimoticho
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Purpuris will be visiting the houses of the village and dance around their yards. He will wish prosperity and fertility for the year to come and the house owner will treat him with food and drinks, usually Tsipouro.
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25/12/2019 - 26/12/2019
Kotsamania in Tetralofos
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Tetralofos
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Kotsamania is an ancient tradition of the Black Sea. The performance refers to the priests of Momos, the god of laughter and satire.
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18/12/2019 - 25/12/2019
Momoyer in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Kallithea
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Every year, during the twelve days of Christmas, the Momoyer come out to dance and wish for a prosperous, fertile New Year. An ancient pagan custom brought in Greece by the people of Black Sea.
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15/12/2019 - 15/12/2019
Sundays at Theoklitos
Location: Greece / Attica / Pireas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Theoklitos is a small narrow traditional cafe at the centre of Piraeus, where every Sunday, a singer comes along to cheer up the customers.
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01/01/2020 - 01/01/2020
Kukeri of Simitli
Location: Bulgaria / Yugozapaden / Blagoevgrad
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
During the first day of the year, in the town of Simitli in Bulgaria, the Kukeri custom takes place. A Dionysian custom from Thrace, where people are dressed in goat's skin, trying to chase away the Kallikantzaroi of Christmas.
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01/01/2020 - 01/01/2020
New year Carnival in Klisoura
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Klisoura
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Carnival in the Macedonian warrior uniform
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02/01/2020 - 02/01/2020
Carnival wedding in Germas village
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Ionas Dragoumis
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
A fake wedding with music, wine and all
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31/12/2019 - 01/01/2020
New Year's Eve in Argos Orestikon
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Argos Orestiko
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Very different New Year celebration with groups of brass instrument players, playing and dancing around the town
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06/01/2020 - 06/01/2020
Charapides of Pagoneri
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Pagoneri
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Bell bearers, ancient Pagan custom during Epiphany in a secluded beautiful village of Drama with very interesting architecture.