Collection of Cappadocian folkloric and linguistic material |
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The study of the living monuments of Cappadocia during the 19th and 20th centuries, the reasons for it and its results. |
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Collection of Pontic folkloric and linguistic material |
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The collection of folkloric and linguistic material from the Pontus starts in the mid-19th century in an attempt to collect material proving the Greek identity of the region. This effort is driven and supported in every possible way by the “Greek Philological Association of Constantinople”. Among the pioneering scholars were Perikles Triantaphyllides and Sabbas Ioannides. |
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The performances of folk theatre from the area of Pontos, known as "Momogeroi", were given in the period of the twelve days, between Christmas and the Epiphany. Its origins are from popular spectacles aiming at fertility and good luck in the year to come, but they lost this characteristic in their course towards becoming a proper theatre, while their entertaining and satirical character increased. |
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New Year Cake (Basilopita) of Kaisareia |
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The history of the pie follows the history of grain and is connected with the fundamental alimentary use of the cereals: the preparation of a great variety of breads and cakes which are eminent in the cultural geography of the West as well as of the Orient and also in the social stratification of their populations. Thus the pie exhausts not only the alimentary needs of survival but also the art and the imagination of cookery of different societies, and especially of their female members, it... |
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Parcharia (summer pastures) in the Pontus |
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A place of summer pasture on the mountains of the Pontus, mainly in the region of Matsouka to the south of Trebizond, where the “parcharema”, a form of organized grazing of seep and goats mainly undertaken by women, would take place. |
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Pilgrimage among the Anatolian Greeks |
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Chatziliki is in Greek the name of the trip to Jerusalem for the pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. It is a repeated phenomenon in a yearly basis and in the level of a settlement, fully incorporated in the collective experience of the people. It is closely linked to the preparation for the afterlife. Chatziliki concerned men and women around the whole Asia Minor. |
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St. George Fair, Pergamos |
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The main festival in the life of the Orthodox community of Pergamos, the origins of which date back to the time of the dominance of the family of Karaosmanoğlou. The ritual of the fair included a parade with horses, shootings and a common meal for the participants. |
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