Carnival in Old Syra – The custom of Zemibekia

The common people in Syra was having lot of fun with the custom of Zemibekia…  From Markos Vamvakaris (the most popular musician rabbet born in Syra) autobiography we learn the following: Only me from all my family I was dancing with the group of the zeibekia. I do not know if now they still perform…

Carnival in Old Syra – Α  magical time travel.

At the mere hearing of the name of Syra, many people think of the taste and aroma of her traditional sweets, the well-known ones “loucoum delights”.
To others who have known her more, Syra comes to their minds as the First Commercial Port and the first Industrial Center of Free Greece and to others, who meet her for the first time in front of them, is none other than the first stop, the first port where the ship arrives at the route to reach Mykonos

Polis Suite Πολυτελή διαμέρισμα στην Ερμούπολη της Σύρου

HERMOUPOLIS: The city of Hermes

Who was Hermes? Hermes was the   messenger of the gods of Greek mythology. He was also the transmitter of souls, the one who lead the souls of the dead to Hades  (as we learn in the  Odyssey ), but he was also the patron of Thieves, Games of chance and Commerce. According to the…

Η Ακρόπολη στο Καστρί στην Χαλανδριανή της Σύρου

Polis… Then and now

If we do a search to find the roots of the term Polis, which makes part of many other words, not only in the Greek language but also in other western languages, we find that they start way back in the centuries. In addition, we learn that the term Polis “City” does not have a…