The miracle of Meteora

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Tall rocks of unearthly shape stand high in an unprecedented complex of stony mass, unique not only in Greece but all over the world. Monasteries ...

Dominikos Theotokopoulos (El Greko)

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Dominikos Theotokopoulos (known as El Greko) was a painter who came from Handakas of Creta. His paintings depict scenes from religious tradition, ...

Maria Kallas

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Maria Kallas (Maria Sophia Anna Cecilia Kalogeropoulou was her full name) was a world famous soprano. In her short life she became a legend of the ...

First Christmas tree in Greece and the custom of Eiressioni

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The first Christmas tree in Greece was King’s George fir, in 1834. It was decorated out of his house in Nafplio. It was a very strange spectacle for ...

Wedding, mores and customs

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THE WEDDING SYMBOLS White Wedding Dress White was not always worn at weddings, but was established as the color of the marriage during the Victorian ...

Wedding, matchmaker (marriage arranger)

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Typically, except for a few cases, marriages were held in matchmaking. Families decided and very often did not ask the people directly concerned. ...

Wedding, the end of the matchmaking

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When the conversation about the dowry was over, favorable, of course, then they all gave their hands, wished and kissed. Immediately the light was on ...

Wedding, the matchmaking agreement

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In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and Saint Procopius, we.................................... ................... ... and ...

Wedding, preperations

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After the end of the matchmaking, the giving of the hands, the composition of the provisional matchmaking agreement, the diadems and the engagement, ...

Wedding, Pelion

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Let's take a stroll through the mountain of the Centaurs, Pelion. Here the traditions are well kept, and even for the wedding ceremony. Housewives ...

Wedding, Pontian wedding customs

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The wedding in Pontus was not just a pleasant event, but rather a disturbing one, since the mother was now separated from her daughter. The bride's ...

Wedding, customs of Vlach wedding

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On Sunday morning, at the bride's home was taking place a kind of exhibition of her dowry (paea) and her gifts. The quantity and type of dowry judged ...

Wedding, Avgi Lagada, Thessaloniki

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On the day of the wedding, the groom's friends go to his house to shave him and then dress him. After shaving, the process of dressing begins, during ...

Christmas customs, Thessalia

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"To taisma tis vrysis" (The ‘feeding’ of the water fountain") The young girls, the dawn of Christmas and the New Year's Eve in other places, go to ...

Carnival customs

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Bumpkin wedding (Vlachikos Gamos) It is a comic representation of the Bumpkin wedding, as it used to be. Scenes that cause laugh are the come and go ...

Carnival customs - Koudounoforoi, Sohos of Thessaloniki

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In Sohos of Thessaloniki, the "Koudounoforoi", a remnant of Dionysian worship, appear. With goat-like uniforms and bells all over their body, they ...

Ellie Lambeti

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Ellie Lambeti was a famous actress. She established herself as a leading lady in the theatre world and she gained ardent fans due to her excellent ...

Ioannis Varvakis

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Maria Kallas (Maria Sophia Anna Cecilia Kalogeropoulou was her full name) was a world famous soprano. In her short life she became a legend of the ...

Penelope Delta

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Penelope Delta was a writer. She wrote books for children and teenagers. Her books, which were loved by many generations, covered the gap that used ...

Ilias Venezis

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Elias Venezis was a Greek writer, one of the most important exponents of “Generation of Thirties”. His work looks at all the facts that came before ...

Katina Paxinou

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Katina Paxinou is one of the greatest Greek actresses, who starred in the theater and the cinema. She gained worldwide reputation and she was the ...

Carnival customs, Tyrnavos

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Loyal to tradition, the inhabitants of Tirnavos on Tuesday, before the last Sunday of the Carnival, commemorate the celebrations in honor of Dionysus ...

Carnival customs, Elassona

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For 12 years, a separate carnival has been held in Elassona. This is the Flying Carnival, which f pendulous masquerades take part, attracting the ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo

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Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most popular Greek basketball players playing in NBA. Despite his very difficult childhood, he achieved to become ...