Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Events
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28/08/2018 - 29/08/2018
Festival of Saint John in the ancient city of Vrykous
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Olympos
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
This is a very old custom that takes place in the ancient city of Vrykous, in the island of Karpathos. The cave church of Saint John celebrates and the believers walk for one and a half hour from the nearest village through a difficult road.
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23/12/2018 - 23/12/2018
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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23/12/2018 - 24/12/2018
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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27/12/2018 - 27/12/2018
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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27/12/2018 - 27/12/2018
Purpuris custom
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Isaakion
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
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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25/12/2018 - 26/12/2018
Kotsamania, local traditional custom
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Ellispontos
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
An ancient Dionysian custom that was brought from Asia Minor by the Pontic-Greek people who came to stay in Greece following the Lausanne treaty in 1923.
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25/12/2018 - 26/12/2018
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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18/12/2018 - 07/01/2019
Momoyer in Kallithea
Location: Greece / Attica / Kallithea
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
The annual Pontic event of Momoyer, taking place in Kallithea, Athens. The party is getting ready in the local club and hits the road with Momoyers teasing and performing theatricals around the streets of the city.
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01/01/2019 - 01/01/2019
New year Carnival in Klisoura
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Klisoura
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Carnival in the Macedonian warrior uniform
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01/01/2019 - 01/01/2019
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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06/01/2019 - 06/01/2019
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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06/01/2019 - 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
