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Press Release “Routes in Marpissa” Festival – In Between – 25, 26, 27 August 2023
In a traditional walk with tsambouna and tumbaki music and an authentic Cycladic feast with Nikos Economides and Kyriaki Spanou, which lasted until early in the morning, the 13th festival “Routes in Marpissa” was completed on Sunday, August 27, saying goodbye to the last weekend of summer. As every year, the "protagonist" was Marpissa, even… -
Visual arts exhibition “Routes in Marpissa 2023”
“What is born out of the ground? The stones are burning in July, my eyes are burning too.” * As the lime melds the Cycladic forms into a harmonious expanse of purest white – an embodiment of the Greek summer – the bleach, employed to cleanse the spaces awaiting eager visitors, silently infiltrates the…
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Festival Routes in Marpissa – In Between – 25, 26, 27 August 2023
Marpissa in Paros will welcome us again this year in its welcoming courtyards, paving alleys, squares and church forecourts, on the occasion of the 13th Routes in Marpissa festival that will take place on August 25, 26 and 27. This time having the route map as a guide, the bougainvilleas as signposts and the scents…
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Routes in Marpissa 2022 Festival This year’s festival album in 12 plus 1 click
One more festival of Routes in Marpissa has come to an end. For the 12th year, residents of the village and of Paros, visitors from Greece and all over the world walked through the traditional settlement, which for three days celebrated the end of harvest with concerts, music and dance performances, workshops, events, lectures and…
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Routes to Marpissa 2022 – Group art exhibition
The mouth fills with words * Group art exhibition Artists: Phoebe Giannisi, Virginia Mastrogiannaki, Maria Sideri, Chara Stergiou Curated by Despina Zefkili. “The mountains are still nice today (…), that is, we see them as nice, they themselves have no self-consciousness, as Hegel said. To walk again today a path lost by the…
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“Routes in Marpissa“ awarded in the Call for European Heritage Days Stories 2022
The Non-Profit Association "Routes in Marpissa" has taken part in the Call for European Heritage Days Stories 2022, an initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union. Since 2018, European Heritage Days has been bringing together stories from around Europe to encourage people to engage with their cultural heritage and share their views… -
Routes in Marpissa 2022, Harvest in the Parian “Katikia”
26, 27, 28 August 2022 Harvest in the Parian “Katikia” The wheat is sown, harvest is coming Do not boast before you see the end. This year’s festival Routes in Marpissa is dedicated to the harvest in the Parian “katikia”, returning for the 12th year, consistent in its appointment with the public, on the…
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Art exhibition: Cycladic Rondo (return / feedback)
Cycladic Rondo (Return -feedback) Artists: Eva Yannakopoulos, Dimitra Kondylatos George Samandas Curator: Despina Zefkili Bearing the same name of George Samandas’ artwork created specifically for the festival, this year’s exhibition— carrying over from the celebrations that took place two years ago-on the occasion of the then tenth anniversary- and after last year’s suspension—sets the notion… -
Wake-up call for all the residents of Marpissa, Parians and friends of the time-honoured festivities (festival “Routes in Marpissa”)
Dear friends, The time has come to remember our summer gatherings in the alleys of our charming village. Save the dates: 27, 28 and 29 August 2021. We are certain that we are all eager to meet again just like old times. Sincerely, The organizing team of Routes in Marpissa -
Blue Heritage is the new project of the “Routes in Marpissa” team
Blue Heritage is the new project of the "Routes in Marpissa" team. The multi-year archive of the recognized festival around the identity of Paros is presented online for the first time to the public, enriched by new recordings and artistic depictions of the cultural heritage of the Aegean. Blue Heritage is a new digital meeting…