Greece Travel Guía

Today, the Festivals in Greece have a religious heart and they are in accordance with the Orthodox calendar. The Orthodox calendar is similar to the Catholic calendar except the Easter. Greek festivals in general are organized by the local communities of Greek orthodox Church. A Greek orthodox Church, beyond a place of religious adoration, is usually the center of the cultural activities of the Greek local community. There is normally a volunteers' committee inside the community that is formed in particular for the target to organize the Greek Festival. This board work acquires the months of preparation and approach to the days of the Greek Festival many volunteers more sound mobilized. The extremely notable one in these days of festival there are the numerous checkers (and often riding) whom they know they (know) in the community for its discipline and skill in the kitchen of the Greek traditional food. That's why the food in Greek Festivals has a made different taste of house and the presentation. Many of these volunteer's cooks often use the recipes that have its origin to its magnificent magnificent parents and are typical of geographical particular origins in Greece.

A habitual different attraction is the demonstration of traditional folkloric dances Greeks reached by the young one of the local Greek on Sunday the school introduced by the Church, or for the local members of the community that form a group of dance as a love. Also there is often a Greek tape that they commission to play the Greek music during the festival - depending (according to) the local resources. They in general play traditional melodies of the people as well as the Greek contemporary music. There is (free) free dance under these melodies for someone that to gusta to try. Greek dances especially are realized in groups that support one to other for hands or for the shoulders, then it is not difficult to be still enclosed if you do not know (knows) what you do; the others in the group will lead him.

National and Religious national holidays the following thing are national and religious national holidays:

* The New Year's Day - on January 1 * Theophany - on January 6 * the Yinekokratia - on January 8 * Three Holy Leaders (holidays of the school) - on January 30 * the Carnivals - in January 31 - on the 22 of February * I Clean Monday (the First day of them Given) - on February 19 * Greek Independence - on March 12 * Day of the Independence and the Announcement of the Theotokos - March 25 * on the Big and Holy Friday - abril* On The holy Saturday - April 7 * Pascha (the Easter) - on April 8 * on the Brilliant Monday - April 9 * the Banquet of Agioes Georgios (century. Jorge) - on April 23 * One of the May / the May Day - on May 1 * the Holy Spirit on Monday (the Whitsunday Monday) - Dormition del Theotokos Can / June * - August 15 * WWII the Day / ”OXI the Day” - on October 28 * the Student's Raising - on November 17 * Christ's Nativity (the Christmas) - on December 25

Cultural events between which Greece has a big diversity of cultural events, they are:

* The Hellenic Festival, this the theater happens in Herodes of Athens Atticus and he proposes a big scale of functioning: modern and ancient theater, classic ballet, opera, jazz and classical music, dances, symphonic music and big singing and several other singular events. The festival happens from June 2 until September 28.
* The International Jazz and the Festival of Blues, this happens in Athens, in June, the welcome is given by the Lycabettus theater. Lycabettus also gives the welcome every year to many other events like the music, dances and the theatrical functioning of the national and international scene.

* Epidaurus the Festival, the Epidaurus ancient theater finds a festival of functioning of Classic drama every summer during July and August. This is one of the top events of Greece that attract the thousands of visitors every year.
* The cinematographic Festival of Thessaloniki, East Festival is the Balkans the primary shop window for the work of new and emergent film makers and leading artists of movie in the region and further away. The event offers the International Section, the panorama of Greek movies, the New program of Horizons, the Balkan Review, and numerous tributes to figures main (numbers) in the movie world.

* The International Festival of Patra, this happens from July until September and presents the drama, the theater and the classic music functioning.
* Rockwave the Festival, this Festival is every summer in Athens to the international tapes and musicians.
* The European day of Music, the Day of Music that also is every summer in Athens, for 3 days, international and national tapes and musicians for the whole night a lot of time.
* Samothraki the Festival, this festival individually of a musical event is an important meeting for the ecology. This will happen in the Island Samothraki in July the 21,22,23 and 24.

Sani the Festival, an annual celebration from 1993, this festival joins national scale and artists internationally admired in the Resource of Sani. The events as music concerts, the functioning of dance and exhibitions you (show) that they do they are supported in different places about the Resource of Sani from July until September every year.