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Mystery 100 The Sacred Songs – Spring Equinox


Mystery 100 The Sacred Songs – Spring Equinox

Mystery 100 The Sacred Songs returns on March 19 with a musical performance, curated by Lambros Liavas, for the Spring Equinox and the Great Psychosabbath of Lent, with texts and folk songs about the divine and human passion.

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Curated by Lambros Liavas

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Entry with pre-reserved seats. * This pre-booking does not include the entrance fee to the archaeological site. Spectators of the event will pay the fee at the cash desk of the archaeological site upon entering it, and then a partner of 2023 Elefsis will take care of their service.

In the archeological site of Elefsina, a place full of symbolism, the ancient dances and the lamentation of Demeter meet the “Fate of the Virgin Mary” and the folk obituaries from Epirus and Pontus. Performed by one of the most important representatives of traditional song, Katerina Papadopoulou, one of the greatest Epirotian singers, Kostas Tzimas and the singer and master of the Pontic lyre (kemendze), Ilias Yfantidis. With the participation of the musical group of traditional music “Notio Toxo”.

The events for “Sacred Songs” are spread throughout 2023 and mark the main seasonal stations:

March 19, 2023
Vernal Equinox – “Raise Mariola from the earth!”. The divine and the human lament

April 22, 2023
Easter – “The trees are all open!” Of Christ and Adonis!

June 24, 2023
Summer Solstice – “‘Come out Sun, burn me!’ Of Therus and Cledon

August 2, 2023
Summer Festivals – The “Summer Easter”

September 14, 2023
Of Stavros (departure of aliens, refugee) – “Like going to a foreign country!”

November 21, 2023
Mesosporitissa (bearing fruit) – The three goods of the Earth: wheat, wine, oil

December 16, 2023
Winter Solstice – “Twelve days of festive Christmas means!..”

The events begin and end with two Days (February 11 and December 16, 2023), with special presentations and film screenings that introduce the public to the symbolic codes, the deeper meaning and the function of popular actions.

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Mystery 20 P. A. Initiator – Narrative Archaeology | The Screening

First Public Screening of the Documentary on the Pioneering Performance – An On-Site Research Dialogue with the emblematic Archaeological Site of Elefsina , at Cine Eleusis directed by Konstantinos Arvanitakis and Michail Marmarinos,

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