Since 2010, the festival has collected a large amount of material from the testimonies of the inhabitants of the settlement and of people that live in Paros, through systematic recording, study and research. This material is presented and used every year in the thematic stations of the festival.
- design of the map of the traditional Marpissa settlement (2010),
- research on architectural types of buildings (2010),
- research on the stages of the settlement’s development (2010),
- study on the bioclimatic behavior of a traditional building (2011),
- research on the most prevalent types of churches (2011),
- recording of the traditional professions (2011),
- land use in the settlement (2011),
- recording in a database of genealogy and family trees of the settlement (2011),
- recording of the nicknames of the families in Marpissa (2011),
- research on the local dialect – recording and presentation of words, phrases and proverbs (2011),
- recording of customs in the circle of time and life (2012),
- collection of photographs as an offer from residents of Marpissa (2010-today),
- group photography of the residents of Marpissa (2013),
- research and recording of the naval tradition and the fishing practices of Piso Livadi (2016),
- research and recording of the commercial activities and the agricultural production of the local population in the 20th century (2016),
- digital recordings and creation of a documentary featuring Parians living or having lived abroad (2016).
All the above compose a comprehensive database of the social life, the identity and the entire tangible and intangible intellectual reserve of the settlement.