Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
Photography / Text: Roy Rozanski
Events
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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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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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02/03/2019 - 02/03/2019
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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02/03/2019 - 03/03/2019
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.
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03/03/2019 - 03/03/2019
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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11/03/2019 - 11/03/2019
Flour War in Galaxidi
Location: Greece / Central Greece / Galaxidi
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Alevromoutzouromata (flour smudging) is a very old custom in Galaxidi. A custom that was even taking place during the Ottoman occupation of Greece.
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29/04/2019 - 30/04/2019
Feast of St. George at Arachova
Location: Greece / Central Greece / Arachova
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Arachova is a very famous winter destination in Greece, because it combines the ski resort of Parnassus, along with the ancient city of Delphi. Every year, Saint George name day is celebrated and has a particular interest
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05/05/2019 - 06/05/2019
Kakava and Hidirellez Romani spring festival in Edirne
Location: Turkey / Marmara Region / Edirne Merkez
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
In Edirne in Turkey (Adrianoupolis), a great gathering of Romani people, as well as visitors, takes place around the fields of the Pehlivani stadium (Sarayici Campus) each year.
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14/05/2019 - 15/05/2019
Oil wrestling
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Nigrita
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
They started wrestling. Nobody was backing up. From where I was standing I could not take good pictures. When I approached the wrestlers, the watchers started yelling at me for ruining their view. I decided to be exactly behind the referee in order not to disturb anyone and when I saw something interesting I took pictures as fast as possible.
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21/05/2019 - 21/05/2019
Firewalking at Lagadas
Location: Greece / Central Macedonia / Lagadas
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
Annual dancing on fire (Anastenaria) taking place in a village nearby Salonica. A very old custom and very famous in Greece. A lot of people visit from Salonica to see the event.
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08/06/2019 - 09/06/2019
Athens pride
Location: Greece / Attica / Athina
Photography / Text: Antonios Chrysakis
That's all it was, a big gathering of people, a party...
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08/06/2019 - 09/06/2019
Tel Aviv Pride Parade
Location: Israel / Tel Aviv District / Tel Aviv
Photography / Text: Roy Rozanski
Tel Aviv Pride Parade through the eyes of a street photographer