Living traditions
Chirosfaya in Menites
Menites, Andros, Andros
Field photographDuring the chirosfaya on the island of Andros
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A late-autumn village gathering in Menites demonstrates the traditional preparation of pork, sausages and preserved foods once essential to the rural household.
The Chirosfaya gathering in Menites presents an old domestic winter practice in a public village setting. Volunteers clean and butcher the animal, prepare sausages flavoured with anise and fennel, smoke them over wood and conclude the multi-day work with food, music and dancing.
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