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A chapter of Karpathos.
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Agios Minas, Karpathos
An overnight November feast above the secluded beach of Saint Minas, where the church hall fills with diners and the celebration moves from chanting and mantinades to the ecstatic pano choros.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
At the remote church of Agios Minas, a baptism becomes a day of cooking, chanting, family gathering and celebration.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
In Olympos, a traditional engagement unfolds through dressing, waiting, family presence and the quiet intensity before the groom arrives.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
A rare traditional wedding in Olympos unfolds through dowry, dressing, jewellery, escorting and the collective life of the village.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
Beyond the great rituals of Olympos, the village reveals itself through cafés, mills, alleys, food and ordinary encounters.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
A chance encounter with Yannis Philippakis of Foals becomes a quiet portrait of ancestry, music and place in Olympos, Karpathos.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
In the small agricultural settlement of Avlona, daily life continues quietly among fields, taverns, donkeys and a handful of permanent residents.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
A visit to a family goat farm near Olympos becomes a close look at feeding, herding and rural life in the mountains of Karpathos.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
In November, the olive harvest around Olympos brings people back to the land, among trees, cloths, coffee and pruned branches.
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Olympos → Karpathos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
In Olympos, Kalliope’s bakery and home reveal the village’s intimate world of wood-fired ovens, bread, coffee and hospitality.
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