Michalis, the Baker of Georgioupolis
Michalis Tichonov, the baker of Georgioupolis works in the traditional bakery of Georgioupolis
Letters to the Editor April 2006
April 2006
Dear Yannis,
Thanks for daring to raise a voice of protest about the ‘development’ in this area. As an expatriate lover of Crete, and...
Events in Crete in April 2006
Exhibitions at the Historical Museum of Crete, Easter Celebration in Heraklion and Agios Nikolaos, Evangelical Mass in Heraklion, Tango nights in Heraklion
Arts and Crafts in Rethymnon
A former warehouse in central Rethymnon is home to The Centre for Cretan Popular Arts, and the organization which steers it, called the Association of Artists and Craftspeople of Rethymnon
CANDIA – KPHTH the time and the place
Crete - KPHTH is an exhibiton with Venetian maps of Crete at the Historic Museum of Heraklion
Gypsies of Greece
Gypsies of Greece by Anna Lydaki. Anna Lydaki has done field work in areas where Gypsies live in Greece and she has written the books Non Gypsies and Gypsies, The Gypsies of Ano Liosia and Gypsies in the City
Apokries – Carnival Traditions in Crete by Nikos Psilakis
Nikos Psilakis spoke on the rituals, traditions and food connected to Carnival and Apokries in Crete
International Prayers Day in Crete
The International Prayers Day in Ierapetra in southern Crete in March 2006
Dimitris Karagianakis and his Cretans
Dimitris Karayiannakis produces pen-and-ink drawings of Cretan life and he transfers images of Crete and its people to paper
Gypsies of Crete through a foreigner’s eyes
I have no Gypsy friends in Crete. Those Gypsies I've seen, in Greece and elsewhere, have been passing phantoms, the fortune telling, flower selling strangers
The New Port in Tymbaki
The Minister of Mercantile Marine Mr. Manolis Kefaloyiannis, announced that all the preliminary studies for the new port in Tymbaki in the south of Crete have been completed