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Hace 2 días · Greece - Cuisine, Culture, Traditions: In the hot summers, social life in Greece tends to be outdoors. In small towns and villages the tradition of the volta continues, when at sundown much of the population strolls up and down the main street or, on the islands, along the shore.
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Hace 2 días · Historical Greek traditions endure in modern hobbies through practices like participating in local festivals. These often have roots in ancient rituals. Folk dancing and traditional music play an essential role in social gatherings. Craftsmanship, such as pottery and textile arts, continues to be valued and practiced, preserving ancient methods
Hace 2 días · These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures; and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' cult and ritual practices.
Hace 4 días · Ancient Greece (Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
Hace 1 día · Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. It lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa and is heir to the heritages of Classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule.
Hace 1 día · In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/ d aɪ. ə ˈ n aɪ s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus (/ ˈ b æ k ə s / or / ˈ b ɑː k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βάκχος Bacchos) by the Greeks (a name later ...
Hace 3 días · Ancient Greece was a culturally rich place, full of fascinating religious rituals and festivals that sometimes were even secret. However, very few were as fascinating, intriguing and mysterious as the Thesmophoria festival.