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| δελφίνια όπως τα είδαμε μέσα από το ημερόπλοιο "Odyssey" |
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| δελφίνια στην περιοχή της Κεφάλου |
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| δελφίνι σε αποσύνθεση στη διαδρομή Λιμνιώνας-Μίας στην Κέφαλο |
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| νεαρό νεκρό δελφίνι στο Kavo Paradiso στην Κέφαλο |
DOLPHIN, LITTLE DOLPHIN
To photography by Sophia Karagianni σε παλιές και νέες ταξιδιωτικές περιπέτειες. Με μια κάμερα σας ξεναγώ στην Κω και τα γύρω νησιά. Γιατί εξερεύνηση και φωτογραφία πάνε μαζί. Photography by Sophia Karagianni in old and new travel adventures. With my camera in hand I take you on a tour around Kos Island and the surrounding Islands. Because exploring and taking photos always go together. ©️ The content exploitation copyright belongs to Sophia Karagianni
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| δελφίνια όπως τα είδαμε μέσα από το ημερόπλοιο "Odyssey" |
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| δελφίνια στην περιοχή της Κεφάλου |
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| δελφίνι σε αποσύνθεση στη διαδρομή Λιμνιώνας-Μίας στην Κέφαλο |
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| νεαρό νεκρό δελφίνι στο Kavo Paradiso στην Κέφαλο |
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| τα ματσάκια "αγιάζονται" με 40 κύματα |
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| 7:00 π.μ, χαράζει στο Αιγαίο και ξεκινά η διαδικασία... |
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| τα περσινά ματσάκια πετάγονται στη θάλασσα |
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| παραλλαγή με δίχτυ |
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| εδώ χρησιμοποιούν κι αμάραντα |
HAPPY NEW MONTH AND HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH THE CUSTOM OF THE INDICTION
last year’s bundles are thrown into the sea
Beautiful bundles with pomegranate and grapes for abundance, garlic against the evil eye, plane tree leaves for strength and longevity, and olive branches for fruitfulness, were sanctified in the waves.
Some bundles had small variations, such as small pieces of fishing net for fishermen, and also immortelles (amaranths).
variation with fishing net
here they also use immortelles
In silence, the women who participated collected water in small bottles from 40 waves and 40 small white pebbles, as required by the custom that has reached our days, perpetuating the worship rituals dedicated to the goddess Demeter.
The bundle with the pomegranate, the grape, the plane leaf, and the garlic will be kept all year long in the home icons, and on the same day next year, it will be thrown into the sea before the new one is made. The same applies to the small bottle with the seawater from the 40 waves and the 40 little pebbles.
The custom concludes by passing under Hippocrates’ plane tree, or embracing its trunk, so that we may acquire its longevity.
September is the ninth month of the year. Its name, however, means seventh, from the Latin septem = seven. September was the seventh month when the Roman year began in March—before January 1st was established as New Year’s Day. September 1st was also for the Romans the third New Year (apart from March 1st), which was in fact preserved in Byzantium and, as we know, still remains the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. The Romans called September 1st indictio. The word was rendered in Greek as epinemesis and means distribution of taxes.
In many parts of Greece, September 1st was and still is called Arkichronia (Beginning of the Year), while its eve, August 31st, was called Kleidokhronia (Locking of the Year), because the old year is locked and the new one unlocked.
The customs associated with passages (the transition from something that ends to something new that begins) are called in Folklore “rites of passage.”
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| Στο δρόμο για τον Λιμνιώνα, θα συναντήσετε έναν λευκό ανεμόμυλο |