GREECE LAND OF TRADITION
Maros Basil
Colour short film entitled “GREECE LAND OF TRADITION”, produced and directed by V. Maros with screenplay by A. Fiadas, presented by the Greek Film Centre for the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO). Through footage of Athens and the Greek islands, the film focuses on the preservation of ancient traditions, featuring Dionysian customs and carnival celebrations in Naousa, Skyros, and Sohos. It also documents the revival of the Anastenaria rituals in Lagkadas, as well as local festivals and traditional dances in Lefkada, Megara, and Thessaloniki. The film concludes with the revival of ancient drama, presenting theatrical performances and backstage scenes from the Herodeion, Epidaurus, and other ancient theatres of Greece.
Item type:
Audio Visual
Date:
n.d.
Subject:
Agia Eleni, Agios Konstantinos, Athens, Aeschylus, Acropolis, Anastenaria, Carnival customs, Aristophanes, ancient comedy, ancient tragedy, ancient theatre, ancient Greek dances, Delphi, goatskins, Dimitria Festival of Thessaloniki, folk dances, Dionysian rites, Dionysian cult, Dionysus, Dodona, Peace by Aristophanes, ecstatic dance, Greece, Greek customs, Greek islands, Greek festivals, Greek festivals, Greek folklore, Greek music, Greek dances, Greek National Tourism Organisation, Greek tourism, Epidaurus, Euripides, zournas, actors, Herodeion, Thasos, theatre, Theatre of Dionysus, Thessaloniki, Thrace, religious ceremonies, Clean Monday, carnival, bells, Cyclades, Lagkadas, folk festivities, folk music, folk tradition, white houses, Lefkada, Macedonia, masks, Megara, Boules, Naoussa, orchestra, festival, tradition, traditional festivals, traditional costumes, Parthenon, Easter, culture and tradition, cultural heritage, rehearsals, firewalking, Pyrrhic dance, Satyrs, Silenoi, Skyros, Sophocles, Sohos, modern Greece, trawler, Athens Festival, Philippi, dance
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