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A living geography · 6 discoveries

Naxos

A chapter of Cyclades.

Cultural dossier

What is culturally discoverable here?

Published: 6 discoveries
Wider geography: Cyclades
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Events4 Stories2

Living traditions

Events

A Carnival performer emerging through smoke in Naxos Town.

Preview · 12 MAR · 2027

Methydotia of Naxos

Naxos Town, Naxos

Satyrs, Maenads, music and wine descend from the Castle of Naxos in a participatory reenactment of the world of Dionysus.

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Masked torch bearers wearing white sheets during Lampadephoria in Naxos.

Preview · 13 MAR · 2027

Lampadephoria of Naxos

Naxos Town, Naxos

White-clad torch bearers with monochrome masks cross the old town at night and gather beneath the Portara in a phantasmagoric procession.

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Two Kordelatoi wearing fustanellas and ribbons in a field at Eggares.

Preview · 14–15 MAR · 2027

Kordelatoi of Naxos

Eggares, Naxos

Ribboned men carrying the Bayraki travel between villages, dance in the squares and renew an old Carnival network of hospitality and exchange.

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A group of Koudounatoi moving through the Carnival crowd in Apeiranthos.

Preview · 14 MAR · 2027

Koudounatoi of Apeiranthos

Apeiranthos, Naxos

Bell bearers in heavy capes descend through the stone alleys of Apeiranthos, accompanied by music, masked characters and a mock wedding.

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Field notes

Stories

Black and white photograph of the owner of a Kitro distillery in Naxos standing inside the production space.

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Inside the Kitro Distillery of Naxos

Naxos → Cyclades → South Aegean → Aegean

Inside a Naxos distillery, the island’s fragrant citron leaves become Kitro, a liqueur shaped by agriculture, memory and copper stills.

Black and white photograph of men gathered for lunch inside the house of the Verikokos family in Ano Potamia, Naxos.

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Lunch at the House of Verikokos

Naxos → Cyclades → South Aegean → Aegean

In Ano Potamia, a passing encounter becomes an invitation to lunch inside the house of the Verikokos family.

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