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Έλληνες Απ’ Αλλού | ΟΡΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ (2015)

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The Celebration of Nativity in Greece Through Time

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    🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 Festivals have been a part of human life since antiquity. Traces of our past Christmas customs and celebrations are found everywhere, from decorations, habits, to culinary creations. The past is diffuse in the Christmas celebrations of today, and it is more than exciting to relive the customs established by our ancestors. Folk spirit is present in many more events and habits of the Nativity than we imagine. The reason why folklore persists through time and space, is because the things people traditionally make with their words, hands, and actions, continue to give pleasure, and satisfy artistic impulses common to the species. Folklore persists also because it continues to meet basic human needs. In the calendar, the period stretching from Christmas Eve to the Epiphany, is the “Twelve Days of Christmas” and it includes most of the Christmas customs. While some Christmas customs came to us from other places, for example Mexico, where from comes the turkey, a...

A brilliant escape 2017 | Full Movie | Drama, Crime, Biography

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Inspired by the true events of the infamous escape of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP in 1983, which would become the largest prison break in Europe since the Second World War.

Η ΑΘΗΝΑ ΤΟΥ 19ου ΚΑΙ 20ου ΑΙΩΝΑ .~.~ 'ATHENS PHOTO GALLERY' ~.~. ..~'Σε σύγκριση με το σήμερα'~..: Δεκέμβριος 1944. Το Εθνικό Θέατρο (Δεκεμβριανά)

Η ΑΘΗΝΑ ΤΟΥ 19ου ΚΑΙ 20ου ΑΙΩΝΑ .~.~ 'ATHENS PHOTO GALLERY' ~.~. ..~'Σε σύγκριση με το σήμερα'~..: Δεκέμβριος 1944. Το Εθνικό Θέατρο (Δεκεμβριανά) : Το Εθνικό Θέατρο μετά από χτύπημα. Ιδρύθηκε αρχικά το 1901, ως Βασιλικό Θέατρο, από τον Θωμά Οικονόμου, και στεγάστηκε στο κτήριο της Αγ...