Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
Photography / Text: Chloe Kritharas - Devienne
Photography / Text: Dimitris Manis
Events
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24/02/2019 - 24/02/2019
Bell Roads of Thessaloniki
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Thessaloniki
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Every year in Thessaloniki there is help the Bell roads festival. Many groups of people bearing bells (20 to 30 teams each year) from Greece and abroad take part. There are more than 1500 people active. Disguised dancers, musicians, will parade on the streets of the city.
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10/03/2019 - 10/03/2019
Tirnavos Carnival. The forbidden festival
Location: Greece / Thessaly / Tirnavos
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
The phallus is the main subject of the festival. It symbolizes reproduction and fertility.
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06/03/2019 - 07/03/2019
Kordelatoi and Foustanelatoi of Kinidaros, Eggares and Galini
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Naxos
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
Kordelati and Foustanelati at the villages.This is the carnival of Naxos island!
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08/03/2019 - 09/03/2019
Methidotia and Lampadiforia at Naxos carnival
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Naxos
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
God Dionysos with Menades, ancient castles filled with ghosts. This is the carnival of Naxos island!
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10/03/2019 - 11/03/2019
Serifos's traditional carnival, Kapetania.
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Serifos
Photography / Text: Chloe Kritharas - Devienne
The traditional event of the ''Kapetania'' takes place on the last Sunday of the Carnival in Serifos Island. According to tradition, two teams, each one with a captain, stage a theatrical conflict outside the Monastery of the Taxiarches. The custom has been kept alive thanks to the efforts of the Serifos Women's Association.
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28/02/2019 - 11/03/2019
The Old Man of Skyros
Location: Greece / North Aegean / Skiros
Photography / Text: Dimitris Manis
On the island of Skyros in the middle of the Aegean Sea, the sound of hundreds of bells vibrates the old town (Chora) during Apokries celebrations. The main figure of the island’s celebration is the “Old Man” (Geros).
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28/02/2019 - 11/03/2019
The Old Man of Skyros
Location: Greece / North Aegean / Skiros
Photography / Text: Dimitris Manis
On the island of Skyros in the middle of the Aegean Sea, the sound of hundreds of bells vibrates the old town (Chora) during Apokries celebrations. The main figure of the island’s celebration is the “Old Man” (Geros).
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22/04/2019 - 29/04/2019
Orthodox Easter in Kastellorizon island
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Kastellorizon
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Kastellorizon is the Easternmost island of Greece, very near the shore of Turkey and the city of Kas. I have spent two weeks during the Greek Orthodox Easter on the island and got to see the customs and meet very interesting local people.
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01/05/2019 - 04/05/2019
Gomaropazaro. The horses' bazaar in Tirnavos.
Location: Greece / Thessaly / Tirnavos
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
A bazaar for selling, buying and trading horses and mules
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23/06/2019 - 23/06/2019
The Sarakatsani
Location: Greece / Thessaly / Trikala
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Suddenly I hear a loud noise and songs and then I see them in a row going out through the woods. The point where they come out is green, full of tall ferns and dense firs. I'm lucky, it's worth it, the bad weather also helps.
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19/06/2019 - 20/06/2019
Festival on Falakro mountain
Location: Greece / Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Volakas
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The riders make a circle around the chapel. They start galloping around it many times. They are holding the icon and keep on yelling.
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14/08/2019 - 15/08/2019
Virgin Mary of the Steep Cliff
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Ios
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
The local legend has it that the miraculous icon traveled on a raft, with a lit vigil light always next to it, which was not blown out by either the winds or the waves, leading the religionists from the Turkish-ruled Crete to the coasts of Ios.