Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Events
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28/10/2020 - 28/10/2020
Student's parade in Andros
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Andros
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Student's parade, celebrating OXI on October 28, Andros island
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31/10/2020 - 01/11/2020
Agioi Anargyri festival in Kosmas
Location: Greece / Peloponnese / Kosmas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
This is a day when this beautiful village of Peloponnese celebrates, as it is the name day of its patron saints, Saint Anargiri. Two celebrations take place, one during the winter and the second during the summer. This is the smaller one.
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29/11/2020 - 30/11/2020
Saint Andreas name day in the city of Patras
Location: Greece / Peloponnese / Patras
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
This is a very big celebration for the city of Patras in Peloponnese. Saint Andreas is the patron saint of the city and this is his name day, so this celebration is one of the biggest religious celebrations of Patras.
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23/12/2020 - 24/12/2020
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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23/12/2020 - 23/12/2020
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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27/12/2020 - 27/12/2020
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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25/12/2020 - 26/12/2020
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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29/12/2020 - 01/01/2021
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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18/12/2020 - 25/12/2020
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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01/11/2020 - 01/11/2020
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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06/01/2021 - 06/01/2021
Arapides of Profitis
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Egnatia
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
On the day of Epiphany, January 6, in a village nearby Thessaloniki, called Profitis (Prophet), the custom of Arapides takes place. This is a Dionysian custom where people of the village are dressed in goat's skin, wear colorful long hats and hang large pastoral bells around their waists to scare away the Kallikantzaroi.
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06/01/2021 - 06/01/2021
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.