Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
![New Year carnival in Vevčani - Macedonia [FYROM]. Southwestern. Vevcani. © George Tatakis](https://cdn.pculiar.com/assets/photos/5701/7dc2be2bb42b109b7145cb6cfb74c70d94ac382b.jpg?1544893742 "New Year carnival in Vevčani - Macedonia [FYROM]. Southwestern. Vevcani. © George Tatakis")
Events
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06/01/2019 - 06/01/2019
Epiphany day at Monodri village
Location: Greece / Central Greece / Euboea
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
I've already scouted the area and I realised that the best place to stand, for a good photograph, is inside the river.
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31/12/2018 - 01/01/2019
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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06/01/2019 - 07/01/2019
Annual night party in Pyrgi village
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Pyrgi
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
A very cozy party taking place in the village of Pyrgi till the morning hours
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07/01/2019 - 07/01/2019
Arapides in Volakas
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Kato Nevrokopi
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Bell bearers to scare away the Kallikantzaroi
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08/01/2019 - 08/01/2019
Babugeri during Epiphany
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Kali Vryssi
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Pagan custom in the village of Kali Vryssi
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08/01/2019 - 09/01/2019
Final day of Babiden
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Prosotsani
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Some of the people in the village would dress up in goat's skin and carry large pastoral bells around their waists. The idea is to look scary enough so they would be able to scare away the kallikantzaroi
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06/01/2019 - 08/01/2019
Dionysian custom in Volakas village
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Volakas
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The Epiphany days in the village of Volakas. From newlywed couples dancing in freezing water, to scary animal looking masquerade of pastoral bell bearers
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07/01/2019 - 08/01/2019
Gynecocracy at Monoklisia village
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Monokklisia
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Some women visit home to home to invite others to the feast. They go into the yards, they chase chickens, dance, eat doughnuts made by housewives to cure them, drink wine. This goes on in every house and on the streets of the village.
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06/01/2019 - 08/01/2019
The custom of Ragoutsaria in Kastoria
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Kastoria
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
The clock was ticking. It was getting dark and more people were going out in the streets, dressed as carnivals, ready to have some good time. You could hear Balkan music everywhere.
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14/01/2019 - 15/01/2019
New Year carnival in Vevčani
Location: Macedonia [FYROM] / Southwestern / Vevcani
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Vevčani is a small village near the Ochrid lake which is the home of an interesting carnival for the New Year (Julian calendar, January 14) with pagan routes. The locals are dressed most commonly in scary costumes and make a parade around the village streets.
![New Year carnival in Vevčani - Macedonia [FYROM]. Southwestern. Vevcani. © George Tatakis](https://cdn.pculiar.com/assets/photos/5701/15f846db41c19c7ac2bf84908ae70ea798375a14.jpg?1544893742 "New Year carnival in Vevčani - Macedonia [FYROM]. Southwestern. Vevcani. © George Tatakis")
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20/01/2019 - 20/01/2019
Ethiopian Epiphany day in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Athina
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Epiphany day at the Ethiopian church in Athens. A different mass compared to the Western Christian ones, with lots of music and dancing.
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17/01/2019 - 19/01/2019
Firewalking in Agia Eleni village
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Agia Eleni
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
You can see the pain in some firewalkers' face, some others show no expression or emotion. This year, there is one girl that will participate in this custom for the first time. After two hurtful tries, she stops, but not because she was hurting as she said but because she felt sad since Saint Konstantin and Saint Helena did not help her, did not blessed her by making her capable of walking on fire.
