Holy Friday, a day of loss and sorrow. A death knell echoes throughout Greece, from its remote villages to its buzzing cities. Flags are at half mast, and in the days of old, black cloths were hung from windows and balconies. On this day no activities are allowed. And in many remote villages, the only food allowed is vinegar, bread and olives.
For over a decade, the folks in the Peloponnesian village of Leonidion pay tribute to their prized possession: the eggplant (or Tsakoniki Melitzana) with one of the most interesting festivals in Greece. Unique to the region, the light purple slender seedless eggplant is appreciated by chefs far and wide for its tender flesh and subtle Discover…
The Diver’s Dance or ‘Kalymniotikos’ is a choreography of inner strength but also of professed vulnerability. The lame diver cannot get up alone, he needs the help of his companions and at the same time, they too know very well deep down that they could be in his shoes one day.
For many, his true talent was never recognized, for others he was one of the most gifted composers of the 20th century, for the Greeks he is just one more Greek who managed to take Greek culture beyond its borders. Despite leaving behind an impressive body of some 170 works (in handwritten manuscripts), very few Discover…
Greece’s rebetiko, a music genre once associated with the outcasts and laymen of Greek society only to become a major part of upper class entertainment and later an important part of Greek music culture was included last week on UNESCO’s 2017 list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as an expression of cultural and Discover…
