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Saturday 17 July, 21:00 Concert in Kastro. The "Friends of Modern Music" choir and the pianists Giorgos Paterakis and Maria Mircheva are performing in the Kastro (fortress), the old part of Hora, a medieval settlement perched on the edge of a sheer cliff soaring 150 m above the sea. Choir music and piano music for four hands by Brahms, Debussy, Hudson etc.   |
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Monday 19 July, 20:30 Book exhibition: Archipelago The old building of the Primary School in Chora is hosting a book exhibition: Aegean literature, albums, old portolans, maps, history of the Aegean islands, architecture , art books, travellers of the old times, navigation, ship construction are only some of the topics covered here. One can buy or read a book drinking a coffee or a glass of raki, wander among the exhibits, see interesting, rare books and archives. The exhibition will remain open throughout the summer. |
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Wednesday 21 July, 21:00 Music from the Aegean. Nikos Oikonomides (violin) and the Keros music group perform folk songs and music from the Aegean islands. Nikos Oikonomides' contribution in the Greek folk music legacy is of great importance He records and collects the Greek folk music played and sang by the last found traditional instrument players and singers all over the country. Karavostasis, Port of Folegandros. |
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Friday 23 July - evening The island is cooking. The evening is devoted to the local cuisine and produce. The tables at Hora will be laid for the visitors: restaurants will be offering exclusively traditional dishes; the best cooks of the island will be demonstrating the preparation of certain local dishes at stalls set up outside each restaurant and passersby will be treated to kalasouna (local cheese pie), matsata (local pasta), carpouzenia, (watermelon dessert), souroto (white cheese), and other delicacies along with plenty of raki. |
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Monday 26 July, evening Traditional local feast Traditional religious festival (paniyiri) following the vesper. The chapel of Agios Panteleimonas is situated on a tranquil, isolated slope in the west of the island, a 20 minute-walk from Ano Meria, looking out on Milos, Kimolos and the West Aegean. Local musicians and singers play and sing in this traditional celebration in the chapel courtyard. |
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