2nd Day Tribute to the Memory of Kallimartyrs of Yesterday and Today
The photo-shoot of the image above was done with the aim of making this photo the cover of Christina Tzialla's unpublished literary work, a book entitled "OUYI - Tropaea ApoTropaea". In the photo she is posing herself. The performance and direction is signed by Stefanos Papazapraidis, who was inspired by her work.
NOTE: "OUYI" is a typical local exclamation of the Epirus region and is often used either as an exclamation of heartbreak, surprise and sometimes also as an exclamation of admiration. The subtitle is a pun with dual meaning, which is perfectly understandable in Greek due to its writing style. “Tropaea” means Trophies. “ApoTropea” has double meanings. Αs one word “Apotropaea” means “horrific”, such as "horrific acts, horrific trophies". As two separate words “Apo Tropaea” means “From Trophies”. The trophies here refer to the treasures and drowned women's jewelry of the at the bottom of the lake, as well as the women themselves.
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"Imagine you are ME!"
Model: Mikela Tsontzou
Photographer: Nikos Dalezios
Idea & Direction: Christina Tzialla
Scenography & Curation: Vasiliki Kateri
Starring the Lake Pamvotis, this project aims to move, to attract interest, to rekindle human consciousness, to invoke the respect of human rights and, in general, to contribute – even in the slightest – so that our world can manage to move in an increasingly healthy orbit.
This activity was the second day of the first part of a special tribute. It was dedicated to the women who drowned along with Κyra Frosyni, known as "kallimartyrs", according to the official term awarded to them by the Church. It was a way to emphasize on the perpetual claim and maintenance of the position of women in the upper and upper layers of society and not at its bottom. This part of the project was also dedicated to kallimartyrs in today, as a comment on gender violence and femicides... And the history that is lost in the depths of the centuries, repeats itself, in other ways and on other occasions.
May the legends that will be written in the future have only a joyful aura, so that those who have shaken its waters can sleep quietly!
DETAILS ABOUT THE SECOND DAY OF THE TRIBUTE
On Sunday, January 22: An open invitation to the meeting at 12.00 noon Mavili Square, next to Lake Pamvotis. Those present witnessed a shocking event, a unique, original ritual!
The purpose of an Epirotian obituary by the master clarinetist Nikos Chalkias, with accordion accompaniment by the also master Miltos Diamantis.
A boatman in a wooden fishing boat (Aris Lioubos, Chairman of Pamvotis Island Community), approached the quay and placed in the hands of a man, dressed in a traditional Epirotian costume (Anastasios Vassiliou, Chairman of the Cultural Association of Drosochori), a piece of cloth that referred to the water of the lake, where in a "Kallimartyr" was "hiding".
At that time, the fateful "Margiola" by the members of the Club of Pogoni Polyphonic Song, followed the sounds of the clarinet, spreading shivers of emotion, and bringing tears to the eyes of many!
The man, with respect and awe, moved with slow steps to a plane tree at the edge of the square and deposited the cloth at its root. Another man was waiting for him there, also dressed in traditional Epirotian costume (Konstantinos Staikos, Vice President of the Cultural Association of Drosochori). Both of them together helped the "Kallimartyr" to emerge from the "water".
The interaction of the oversized project with nature was the catalyst for the atmosphere the organizers wanted to create.
Everyone received a imperceptible invitation that "floated" in the atmosphere, "Come to my place", where the title of the action.
A challenge from this Woman - Kallimartyr of yesterday?... of today?... of always?... Food for thought, for reflection, for internal dialogue...
Two boys (Christophoros Staikos and Raphael Viltaniotis) and a girl (Kleopatra Theochari) left a few wild flowers, glaucanths , at the base of the portrait and then threw the rest they were holding in their little hands into the lake, for them, in their memory . At the same time, the embroidered with silver cuffs to all those present, as a "forgiveness"...
The portrait was then paraded around the square and among the attendees, giving an even more emotional atmosphere to the whole atmosphere. Particular emphasis and appeal to emotion was given, again, by the clarinet through the purpose of epirotic obituary.
Afterwards, Popi Stefanidi recited a poem by Anna Dereka from her poetry collection entitled "Water Veins", published in 2000 by the Prefectural Self-Government of Ioannina, dedicated to the memory of those unknown women, the "Kallimartyres". Musical carpet, again, the mournful purpose of the clarinet.
In the aftermath of the two-day event: The two-day event was extremely impressive, as was the aftermath of the tribute! The goal was achieved, exceeding all expectations, justifying the organizers and those who envisioned it, leaving the best omens for what will follow.
Special thanks to photographer Konstantinos Markou and the cameraman Charis Petridis. Warmly thanks to all those who supported, each in their own way, so that this tribute could be realized with absolute success, as well as all the mass media that helped to spread such an event and the timeless messages of.
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