Athens and Epidaurus Festival
This week I thought it would be quite interesting to talk about some part of Greece’s culture, more precisely one event. The “Athens and Epidaurus Festival” takes place in both Athens and Epidaurus as the name says and lasts from May to October. It offers music, dance and theatre performances. For more than 50 years this festival succeeded in promising its visitors magical summer nights.
Chios Agricultural Festival
The Agricultural Festival is an event that takes place every year, at the end of July and the beginning of August. In the center of Chios city, Municipal Garden, dozens of booths are being set up. In each of them you can explore the beauty of the island better.
Chios' Traditional Greek Dances
Greece is a country with many traditions and one of them are the Greek Dances. Greece has many kinds of dances with many different historical backgrounds!
Concert in Pyrgi 14. August 2017
Today I have a great announcement for you dear listeners. Music fans: listen!
On Friday, 14. August the Municipality of Chios will organize a concert with the Greek Soft Rock musician and songwriter Babis Stokas. Here are the facts in a short summary:
Cutting Vasilopita
The Vasilopita is a Greek cake that is traditionally cut on new year’s evening at midnight. What makes this cake so special is a coin called “flouri” which is hidden in it. Whoever finds the flouri in his piece of Vasilopita is supposed to have a lot of luck in the next year and sometimes even gets a small present.
Diplos dance -Volissos
Every year, the dance of Diplos revives in Volissos, the largest village of the north part of Chios island, located about 40km away from the capital.