ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES ON THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE

"Tsirigotika" feasts

ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES ON THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE

"Tsirigotika" feasts

Summer in Kythira has the color of a feast! Transferred from generation to generation, the feasts and celebrations of Kythira are many and impressive, while in any season one is in Kythera he will experience the genuine atmosphere of the local feasts and will feel that Greece, which is slowly being lost by ” evolution “still survives spontaneously and not artificially on this island.

JULY

On the first Saturday after July 15 in Kalokairines a beautiful festival is organized with local dances and a traditional feast.

 

On the last Saturday of July, the Livadi Agricultural Cooperative organizes its annual dance in Sotira Square in Kato Livadi.

AUGUST

On the 6th of August, (of the Savior), the festival in the Port of Avlaimonas by the sea.

 

On the Saturday before the 15th of August, the traditional Wine Festival is organized in Mitata.

 

On the 15th of August the traditional dance in the square of Potamos.

 

The second fortnight of August folk feast with dance and song in Fratsia square.

SEPTEMBER

On September 15, of Agios Nikitas, the dance of Kalamos, in the courtyard of the traditional building of the former primary school.

 

On September 23, a folk music and dance feast with dancing in Agia Pelagia, along the coastal road.

JULY

On the first Saturday after July 15 in Kalokairines a beautiful festival is organized with local dances and a traditional feast.

 

On the last Saturday of July, the Livadi Agricultural Cooperative organizes its annual dance in Sotira Square in Kato Livadi.

AUGUST

On the 6th of August, (of the Savior), the festival in the Port of Avlaimonas by the sea.

 

On the Saturday before the 15th of August, the traditional Wine Festival is organized in Mitata.

 

On the 15th of August the traditional dance in the square of Potamos.

 

The second fortnight of August folk feast with dance and song in Fratsia square.

SEPTEMBER

On September 15, of Agios Nikitas, the dance of Kalamos, in the courtyard of the traditional building of the former primary school.

 

On September 23, a folk music and dance feast with dancing in Agia Pelagia, along the coastal road.

Feasts in the villages

Apart from the above well-known feasts, there are many even smaller ones which are related to the feasts of Saints or to the procession (round), of the icon of Panagia Myrtidiotissa. Visitors to the island find the opportunity to get to know the traditional way of entertainment that is passed down from generation to generation.

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