The “Fat Thursday” is a traditional feast on the last Thursday before Lent. In Greece it is the beginning of Carnival. The word Tsiknopempti means “Thursday of the smell of burned meat”. Fortunately this is only metaphorical, as everywhere around people grill Souflaki on barbeques. Traditionally this is the beginning of the carneval period, that[…]
Saint Valentine. Admittedly in my home country people prepare for the “day of love” weeks before. A consumption hype developed the last years, just like the day of Christmas was turned into an “event”. The real meaning of these days got lost in hysterical shopping- trips. The shops are prepared with decoration of hearts, roses[…]
Lefkada, 3. February, 2014. For the second time in between 8 days a heavy earthquake shaked the Ionian Islands with the epicenter in Kefalonia. The seism with minimum 5,7 refered to the Richter scale (Geodydamic center of Athens) destroyed a lot according to Alexandros Parisis, the major of Kefalonia. Reports are telling that at[…]
The word democracy derives from the Greek word „demos“ which means people and „kratos“ which means rule. So it means “rule of the people”. It is a political system with the right of co-determination. In ancient Greece, the folk was seen just to be adult, free men, which could participate at the people’s assembly, so[…]
The word tradition itself derives from the Latin “tradere” or “traderer” which means to pass down something, to transmit, hand over, or to give for savekeeping. Tradition passes down religious beliefs, principles, behavior, action patterns or shortly said everything without instinct (how to use tools, language). It is transmitted within a group or society, and[…]
Recognizably traditions play an important role in Greece. People from all generations are dancing together traditional folklore dances, almost every day there is a band playing live music in a Taverna or bar, where almost everybody knows the Greek lyrics by heart as well as for many people it is more than normal to just[…]
Time is money. Money is time. Since we are little, this slogan is crossing our every day life. We don´t have time, we are late, we have things to do, Work for money, Time for cash. But what lies behind this way of acting, what is the real meaning of this sentence? First of all[…]
From 11th – 20th October 2013 an European Seminar of Youth in Action, organized by the NGO Solidarity Tracks took place in Lefkada. Young people from 13 European countries, including Eastern Europe and the region of Caucasus, participated in the sense of gaining more knowledge in the area of entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Young leaders[…]
The festival, which was happening this year between the 18th and 25th of August was all about the tradition of bringing cultures from all over the world together. The parade starts with the beat of a drum, then people can hear the first groups of dancers coming. Tap-dancers stepping trough the Agora – Street of[…]