Events
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18/10/2020 - 20/10/2020
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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27/07/2020 - 27/07/2020
Festival of Saint Panteleimonas
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Vlasti
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
The monastery of Saint Panteleimon, near Vlasti Kozanis, celebrates its patron saint. Many pilgrims arrive to pray and at the same time the villagers climb the mountain on the back of their horses.
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25/12/2019 - 26/12/2019
Kotsamania, local traditional custom
Location: Greece / Western Macedonia / Ellispontos
Photography / Text: Michael Pappas
An ancient Dionysian custom that was brought from Asia Minor by the Pontic-Greek people who came to stay in Greece following the Lausanne treaty in 1923.
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28/10/2019 - 28/10/2019
Student's parade in Andros
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Andros
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Student's parade, celebrating OXI on October 28, Andros island
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17/04/2020 - 18/04/2020
Good Friday in Santorini island
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Santorini
Photography / Text: North2South Photographers
Once in a year in Santorini island and during the Holy Week of the Greek Orthodox Easter a one-of-a-kind Epitaph procession takes place at the quaint village of Pyrgos.
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21/10/2019 - 23/10/2019
Saint Averky on Santorini island
Location: Greece / South Aegean / Santorini
Photography / Text: George Tatakis
Saint Averky is the protector of wines, at least in Santorini island. Santorini has two churches after Saint Averky, a name not too common in Greece, one in Pyrgos and the other in Emporio villages. On his name day, the winemakers of Santorini open the new wine barrels as a custom. This is what I wanted to experience and by the way taste some of the brilliant wine that Santorini makes.
Regions
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Greece
South Aegean
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Greece
Attica
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Greece
Central Macedonia
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Greece
North Aegean
Prints
Stories
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Lilac flowers
As May approaches, the lilac flowers start to bloom, and sometimes in the countryside where all is so well preserved it is really beautiful to see it happening. I think children enjoy this event the best. They always play in the lilac bushes, they sometimes pick flowers from them and take them home. It is really beautiful and pure to participate at this joy.
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Balkan rhythms in the cafes
During the twelve days of Christmas, in many parts of Nothern Greece you can see several groups of musicians entering local cafes and taverns to play balkan rhythms! This time I was in a traditional cafe in Florina.