Photography / Text: Aristoula Beti
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Events
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23/12/2018 - 24/12/2018
Kladaries
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Kozani / Siatista
Photography / Text: Aristoula Beti
Every year, after the celebration of Saint Dimitrios, children in Siatista village go to the fields and vineyards in order to gather dry grasses and set up all-night fires
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23/12/2018 - 23/12/2018
Custom of Fire in Achlada village
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Florina
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Children gathered wood and straw balls, they would like to make the fire as big as possible. The biggest of course is always the one in the town of Florina, but them, they want at least to have a bigger fire than the one of the neighboring village of Yiourouki.
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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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01/01/2019 - 01/01/2019
Koudouniarides of Sarantaporo village
Location: Greece / Thessaly / Sarantaporo
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
After three and a half hours we had walked the whole village and visited every house. The koudouniarides had sung and danced all this time but i was the only one feeling tired and frozen.
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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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02/01/2019 - 02/01/2019
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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31/12/2018 - 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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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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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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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.
