Photography / Text: Chloe Kritharas - Devienne
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
Events
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24/08/2018 - 25/08/2018
The Festival of Skala Sikamia
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Serifos
Photography / Text: Chloe Kritharas - Devienne
The festival of Skala Sikamia celebrates Saint Nicolas earlier, on a hidden small beach in Serifos Island.
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13/08/2018 - 15/08/2018
Virgin Mary's snakes
Location: Greece / Ionian Islands / Kefalonia
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Every year, a few days before the Assumption of Mary, the snakes get out nearby the church of Mary of the snakes. Crowds of believers come by to see the snakes and even touch them so that they get blessed by them.
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20/09/2018 - 20/09/2018
Ashura in Pireas
Location: Greece / Attica / Pireas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Ashura. Shi'a Muslims commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali.
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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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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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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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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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02/02/2019 - 03/02/2019
San Simeon festival, winter season
Location: Greece / Western Greece / Missolonghi
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The winter edition of San Simeon festival of the city of Missolonghi. All nighters inside huts in the woods around the monastery of San Simeon.
