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FEMALE PORTRAIT | Fragment of a Grave Stele: "Found in Athens, in the area of Votanikos. It preserves only the upper part of the image, with a standing girl, holding a pyxis [chest]. The lintel of the originally pedimental crown, preserves traces of a painted inscription. One of the earliest Attic grave stelai of the Classical period, clearly inspired by the Parthenon frieze." [txt ©NAMAthens] Pentelic marble 430-420 BC.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens | NAMAthens [Ground fl., Gallery 16]

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NAMAthens | Michael Svetbird phs©msp | 14|08|24 6200X4200 600 [I., II.] The photographed object is collection item of NAMAthens [Non-commercial fair use | No AI | Author rights apply | Sorry for the watermarks]

📸 Part of the "Reliefs-Friezes-Slabs-Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:

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Βοτανικός: Τον ρώτησα ν τι ομάδα είναι και τον μ αχαίρωσαν – Στο νοσοκ ομείο ο 21χρονος

Βοτανικός: Τον ρώτησαν τι ομάδα είναι και τον μαχαίρωσαν – Στο νοσοκομείο ο 21χρονος Μάστιγα για την κοινωνία τα οπαδικά επεισόδια https://www.news.gr/ellada/article/3226810/votanikos-ton-rotisan-ti-omada-ine-ke-ton-macherosan-sto-nosokomio-o-21chronos.html Ελλάδα unsubscribe from this feed

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The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in Athens since the establishment of the modern Greek state is set to open its doors in the capital city this Friday.

After numerous delays, for a variety of reasons, the mosque in the Votanikos neighborhood is expected to be officially opened at an event hosted by Greece’s Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.

Athens is one of the very few European capitals which does not currently have a mosque.

The city has approximately 250,000 Muslims, who have to observe their religion in seventy unofficial, unauthorized shrines across the city.

The new Athenian mosque is relatively small, it does not have a minaret, and loudspeakers, which normally issue the call to prayers, will not be allowed.

The building can accommodate just 300 men and 50 women at a time, a number which clearly does not cover the city’s Muslim population, which is mainly comprised of migrants from Asia and Africa.

The construction of a mosque in Athens was announced several decades ago.

Strong opposition from far-right and religious groups, however, halted its construction for years.

Greek lawmakers voted in 2016 for the acceleration of its construction, but the mosque suffered from numerous vandalism attacks, with anti-Muslim slogans and posters decrying the creation of a Muslim shrine in the Greek capital constantly plastered on its walls.

Despite its official opening on Friday, prayers will not start immediately, as the administrative committee which will run and operate the mosque has not yet been appointed.

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votanikos paparizou sabanis 2022 2023

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Βοτανικός, αυθεντικός / μετά το χορικό // #authentic #greeksigns #greektype #laïcité #stella_project #votanikos https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv6Ki33n-7g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ife2041hfzkc

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Enter the tunnel...

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#athinais #cultural #centre #votanikos #greekbrandnew

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I've been finally getting into rebetiko so I was wondering if you could give me some recs? M' aeroplana Kai Vaporia is my fav song and gives me chills, and so does To Minore Tis Avgis from the softer ones. And could you point me towards info for its history & culture? Due to my personal circumstances the Smyrna aspects in particular is something I want to reconnect with. Note I'm Greek so I don't need English info I I'm just writing in english for accessibility in case people are interested

REBETIKOOO ah my favourite genre!!! (along with entechno) I am gonna add English info if you don’t mind.

Μ’αεροπλάνα και βαπόρια (With planes and ships) is one of my favourite songs too! Perhaps you already know this but fun fact: Savvopoulos was dreaming for a long time to write a proper rebetiko. So when he got Sotiria Bellou to sing his song he could hardly contain himself. When Bellou got out of the studio after she had finished recording the song, she told him “I ripped your “pops” and “rocks” apart”. After that, Savvopoulos never attempted to write rebetiko again. Now, to be fair, the song IS rebetiko but with an obvious entechno and soft rock flair :)

Since you like Bellou, here are other great classics from her:

Μη μου ξαναφύγεις πια (Don’t leave me no more)

Συννεφιασμένη Κυριακή (Cloudy Sunday)

Δε λες κουβέντα (You don’t say a word) (this is actually laiko bordering on soft rebetiko)

And since you also like Το μινόρε της αυγής some songs of Markos Vamvakaris, the dad of rebetiko (he was the one who made it mainstream and exculpated it):

Φραγκοσυριανή (Lady from Syros)

Τα ματόκλαδα σου λάμπουν (Your eyelashes are shining) For a less heavy approach, it is also great by Giannis Poulopoulos.

Τα ζηλιάρικα σου μάτια (Your jealous eyes)

And now a short history of Rebétiko.

Rebetiko is a music genre that first appeared in the late 19th Century and at the first three decades of the 20th Century it had reached the familiar sound we know today. It flourished amongst the Greeks of Asia Minor, mostly the low and working class. When the population exchange between Greece and Turkey took place in 1922, the 1,5 million Greek refugees who arrived at Greece brought many things, including rebetiko. In the beginning, the rapid influx of over a million people made the Greek citizens basically hostile towards them. The Greek refugees were severely marginalized and they survived and flourished in the underground scene. Rebetiko was considered provocative, shocking as, besides love, it often also addressed the struggles and little joys of marginalized people (poverty, prison, drugs, prostitution, life in the streets in general etc). Rebetiko was censored by the regime of Metaxas in 1936. In 1940, during the Nazi Occupation, rebetiko became a resistance genre against the Nazis and that helped it find wide acceptance amongst all Greeks by the early 50s. Since then, rebetiko has become an “untouchable” of Greek (and not only) genres and even Mikis Theodorakis (arguably the best or runner-up Greek composer of all time) once said: “We (the composers) are all just branches of a tree and that tree is Markos Vamvakaris” (the aforementioned dad). Rebetiko music is now part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Aaaand some more recs!

1) Some very old

Τα παιδιά της γειτονιάς σου (The kids of your neighborhood) Actually folk Minor Asian of the late 19th century that was rebetised around the 20s. The version I linked is recent cos I love it)

Μισιρλού (Misirlu - Egyptian girl) Song from 1927. The main theme of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is a cover of this song. Black Eyed Peas also did a cover.

2) Some hardcore ones, like the Hashish songs (yep that’s an actual subcategory of rebetiko)

Ένας μάγκας στο Βοτανικό (A man of the streets at Votanikos) Sung entirely in a made up street slang Greek dialect.

Το πιτσιρικάκι (The kiddo)

Έμαθα πως είσαι μάγκας (I heard you are a street man)

Στην υπόγα (At the basement) I love the original 30′s version. The melody written and performed by Kostas Bezos was then remastered by him and led to the super famous ---->

Παξιμαδοκλέφτρα (Rusk thief) The dude who made the video for this song is my idol. I wonder what people who don’t speak Greek make of it lmao

Η προσευχή του μάγκα (The street man’s prayer)

3) And some more mainstream:

Βρέχει στη φτωχογειτονιά (It’s raining over the slum)

Με παρέσυρε το ρέμα (The river took me)

Απόψε στις ακρογιαλιές (Tonight at the beach)

Ακρογιαλιές δειλινά (Beaches and sunsets) I’m linking the Imam Baildi version.

Είμαστε αλάνια (We are street kids (?) )

Που ‘σαι Θανάση; (Where are you Thanasis?) Okay I am cheating a bit here because this is a laiko song but I INSIST it has a rebetiko flair also I am obsessing over it today

4) Instrumental

Τα ωραία του Τσιτσάνη (Tsitsanis’ nice tunes) Basically Vasilis Tsitsanis killing it.

Ζεϊμπέκικο της Ευδοκίας (A zeibekiko for Evdokia) Our unofficial national anthem shouldn’t be missing from this list. Fun fact: This was to be a full song. When Manos Loizos (the very famous composer) gave the melody to Lefteris Papadopoulos (very famous lyricist) refused to write any lyrics because he was sure this would destroy the song. And of course he was right.

5) Last BUT NOT LEAST, everything written by Stavros Xarchakos for the movie Rebetiko.

I give you my three favourites. But, like, I recommend all the movie basically.

Καίγομαι, καίγομαι (I am burning, I am burning)

Στου Θωμά το μαγαζί (At Thomas’ shop)

And for last, I saved the song that freezes my blood, sung by the man himself. Flirts heavily with entechno genre. This was Xarchakos’ only appearance on the silver screen.

Το πρακτορείο (The bus station)

I think I covered you well XD but in general Markos Vamvakaris and Vasilis Tsitsanis  wrote many masterpieces for rebetiko you can find. Xarchakos did too in this movie (but he generally composed more laiko and entechno). You can find a lot of good stuff.  Happy listening!

P.S I was double checking whether Βρέχει φωτιά στη στράτα μου is laiko or rebetiko (I’m stupid I know) and this is the genre Google gave me for Stratos Dionysiou:

As we speak, Dionysiou is rolling in his grave. I’ve never seen a disgrace like this before XD

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Ο Γιώργος Σαμπάνης στον Βοτανικό κάθε Παρασκευή & Σάββατο! ☎️211.850.3680 @goout.gr • https://www.goout.gr/blog/votanikos-sampanis-paparizou-anastasia • https://www.goout.gr/venue/votanikos-live #votanikos #live #stage #athens #gkazi #athina #mpouzoukia #pistes #venue #goout #gooutgr #kallitexnes #sampanis #paparizou #sabanis #gazi (at Votanikos) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClqujSYInLE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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