All You Need to Know About “Tsiknopempti”
Greeks do not need much encouragement to eat meat. And neither do we (apologies to all our vegetarian friends!). The tradition of “tsiknopempti” ...
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Behind the Scenes at the Rethymnon Carnival
In these colourful extracts from her photo journal, archeologist Holle...
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Where to get into the Carnival Spirit this week in...
It’s that time of the year again – to don your masks (and we don’t mea...
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Playing the Goat
Danylo Hawaleshka steps back in time with the cacophonous, kid-clad dancers of Skyros. We’re lost. And we know we’re lost because it’s dark out and we’ve just driven onto the military base on the Aegean island of Skyros. We make a quick U-turn, followed by a phone call to our genial host-to-be - a bon vivant by the name of Dim...
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Behind the Masks: The Politics of Carnival in Greece
Behind the revelry and colourful floats, carnivals have always been an occasion for parody. A peek into Greek floats from the past decade where Carnival street parties were an excuse to decry political and social injustice. Who were vilified? What were the issues that consumed Greece over the past decade? In the midst of the c...
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