Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: Vaggelis Kousioras
Events
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29/08/2019 - 30/08/2019
Day and night in Avlona
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Karpathos
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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01/08/2019 - 31/08/2019
Traditional Engagement in Olympos
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Karpathos
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
If you happen to be in Olympos village of Karpathos island during August, you might be lucky enough to see a traditional engagement taking place.
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07/11/2019 - 08/11/2019
Saint Michael the Archangel at Karpathos island
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Karpathos
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Below is a house I see something I have never seen before elsewhere in Greece. An image of Christ who smiles. I go in and stare at him for a while. I liked the idea.
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06/01/2020 - 08/01/2020
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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18/01/2020 - 19/01/2020
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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17/01/2020 - 19/01/2020
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.
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02/02/2020 - 03/02/2020
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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16/02/2020 - 16/02/2020
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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16/02/2020 - 16/02/2020
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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23/02/2020 - 23/02/2020
Carnival day in Athens
Location: Greece / Attica / Athens
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Firecrackers, music, drinking and dancing in all the streets of the area until night falls and we always end up in the central square where the maypole is installed.
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29/02/2020 - 29/02/2020
The Ghost of Charmaina Carnival of Amfissa
Location: Greece / Central Greece / Άμφισσα
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
A custom related to a very old local legend, regarding a ghost protecting a local fountain, Charmaina. The legend said that there were more ghosts protecting other places and they would fight amongst them many times. The locals would hear the screams and hide in their homes. A quite spectacular event which gets very crowded.
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29/02/2020 - 01/03/2020
Carnival day at Amfissa
Location: Greece / Western Greece / Amfissa
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
An annual pagan custom takes place at the Town of Amfissa. The night of the sprites, takes place on the Saturday just before Ash Monday. A custom that can be combined with flour wars of Galaxidi, taking place on Ash Monday.