Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Events
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01/07/2018 - 31/08/2018
Traditional Wedding in Anogia
Location: Greece / Crete / Anogia
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
During the summertime, months of July and August, you might be lucky enough to be invited in a traditional wedding in Anogia, the traditional, highest altitude village of Crete island
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15/08/2018 - 16/08/2018
Assumption of Mary Festival
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Olympos
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Festival for the Assumption of Mary. All girls in their colourful dresses go to church in Olympos
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29/08/2018 - 30/08/2018
Day and night in Avlona
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Avlona
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
The days of Avlona as locals call it. After the festival in the ancient city of Vrykous, Olympians go and stay in their houses in Avlona. This is a village near Olympus where Olympians grow vegetables and grapes. Music and dance is present as usual.
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04/09/2018 - 05/09/2018
Saint Zacharias Festival in Saria
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Saria
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
A small but beautiful festival in the small island of Saria, next to Karpathos. The festival is a celebration of the small, family owned church of Saint Zacharias, on his name day, September 5.
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18/10/2018 - 19/11/2018
Chirosfaya in Menites
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Menites
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
A three day festival where a boar is cooked and prepared in the traditional way
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18/12/2018 - 25/12/2018
Momoyer in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Kallithea
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Every year, during the twelve days of Christmas, the Momoyer come out to dance and wish for a prosperous, fertile New Year. An ancient pagan custom brought in Greece by the people of Black Sea.
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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
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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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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24/02/2019 - 24/02/2019
Annual traditional dance in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Pireas
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The World Epirus gathering takes place every year in Athens. People from Epirus from all over Greece would come to show off their costumes and dances.
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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.
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02/02/2019 - 03/02/2019
Winter festival of Saint Simeon
Location: Greece / Western Greece / Iera Poli Messologgiou
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
An ecstatic festival of drinking and dancing to Dionysian rhythms takes place in the historic city of Missolonghi.
