Festivals in Greece, Yakinthia Festival 2009 in Anogia, Crete, Greece a major cultural event

THE SHEPHERDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
AT “YAKINTHIA 2009”

24 July - 2 August 2009

Crete, calls for the first time ever in celebration
of «Yakinthia Cultural Events”
from 24 July to 2 August 2009
the shepherds of the Mediterranean.

A. The Yakinthia Festival
"Y archee ytone poly mikree ky afantee dihos allo /
ma to mikro me ton kaero eginike megalo"

From the first time presenting Yakinthia so far, the response of the audience was impressive. Hundreds of artists, scientists, journalists and thousands of students, people of all ages, from all over Greece and abroad, participate and attend the cultural events of Yakinthia. This fact has recognized and put Yakintheia into the class of the most important institutions of cultural creation in our country as a reference for Mediterranean cultural exchange.

B. The Idea

The Mediterranean agricultural societies had always kept a knowledge, skills, traditions, rituals of great cultural wealth. The territories were often shelter for minorities and have included sacred places of high symbolic value. Today this way of life is threatened on a global scale from radical transformation or abandonment.

Ludovikos of Anogia speaks in its own way about stockbreeding on Crete.
"The domed buildings of the Late Minoan period with only stones as material, the MITATA tell the story of the shepherds from the time of Minos. The pastoral life was always the jewel of Mount Ida (Psiloritis).
Men taciturn, tough, with swords eyes, highlighted the culture of stone. Women who travel, waiting, weavers with the look of spring in their eyes. Homeric images which have not changed since then because from the beginning they found their value. The Koures (the shearing of sheep), the Xegyalismata (the arrival of spring on Mount Psiloritis) still are the shepherds celebrations where everyone comes to help and share in the yard of friendship."

Stockbreeding,
. It represents the modern world one of the major geo-cultural groups (and other large groups of rural, industrial, commercial activities etc.) ,

. Developed into a permanent interaction between man and nature. Over time it has produced not only viable (sustainable) ecosystems, but also a remarkable culture of value,

. It presents a large variety of uses of the natural environment.

The activities of agricultural systems and the landscapes - trails, buildings, drinking troughs, terraces, etc.-must find a way out between the ŤTourist museum poetryť and absolute Forgetting, to enable them to maintain their traditional values and to make them economically viable in the modern world.

The idea of this year's tribute to the shepherds of the Mediterranean has its origin from the most pressing need for giving the life, work, culture and art of the shepherds, the importance and understanding it deserves.

C. Guests

The countries and areas around the Mediterranean represented at this year's Yakinthia, beyond Crete, (20 participants) and Epirus (8 participants), will be:

-Portugal with 4 participants + 1 companion
-Corsica-France 8 participants + 1 companion
-The mountainous area of Andalusia Spain with 9 participants + 1 companion
-Mali with a group of 9 Tuareg from Timpouktou + 1 companion

The teams, represented by their shepherd, their musicians, their dancers, in some cases accompanied by a representative of local development company, will present to the Greek public both, local livestock products, and ways of development chosen by the region (agro-tourism). It will also carry audio-visual material (photographs / film) on their pastoral life.

D. The Program

MEETING OF THE SHEPHERDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
In Anogia Crete

YAKINTHIA 2009
PROGRAM OF EVENTS

Friday 24 July

SHEPHERDS FROM ANOGIA
16:00 h: The sheep shearing
18:00 h: cheesemaking - cooking of the shepherds of Anogia
20:00 h: The former mayor OF Anogeia, Giorgos Klados, opens this year’s YAKINTHIA events.
Speech titled "The role of the mother in the shepherds' family”
21:00 h: First presentation of the book "Lefteris and Irene"
by Kostas Manouris, published by the University of Crete
21:30 h: Music evening with Nikiforus Aerakis and Giorgos Vrentzos (Katis)
Dance event with the shepherds of Anogia and well-known dance groups

Saturday 25 July

SHEPHERDS FROM ANOGIA
18:00 h: cheesemaking - cooking of the shepherds of Anogia
20:30 h: Presentation of the book "Giannis Dramountanis-Stefanogiannis"
(leader of the resistance in Anogia and Upper - Mylopotamos from 1941-1944)
by George Kalogerakis
21:30 h: Concert Evanthia Reboutsika Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos and Elli Paspala

Sunday 26 July

SHEPHERDS FROM SPAIN
18:00 h: cheese production - the Spanish Shepherds cuisine
21:00 H: Songs performed by the "SANADES» (7 female voices)
H 22:00: "Flamenco": Music, dances and songs of the Spaniards

Monday 27 July

SHEPHERDS FROM CORSICA (FRANCE)
18:00 h: cheesemaking - cooking the Corsican shepherds
20:30 h: Presentation of the book "The devil danced in him"
for the poet to poet Nikos Kavadias Mitsos Kasolas
21:30 h: music, dances and songs of the Corsicans

Tuesday 28 July

SHEPHERDS FROM MADARES, CHANIA
18:00 h: cheese production - the Shepherds’ cuisine Rizitika songs and dances
21:30 h: "The music of the universe and the initial light"
speech and discussion with Giorgos Grammatikakis
10:30 h: Sonia Theodoridou: Songs of the Mediterranean

Wednesday 29 July

SHEPHERDS OF THE DESERT (Tuareg)
18:00 h: cheese production and cooking with the shepherds of the desert
20:00 h: Lecture by Anna Tziropoulou - Efstathiou (university professor)
on "The shepherds at Homer»
21:00 h: music, dance and songs of the shepherds of the desert
22:30 h: Concert with Psarantonis

Thursday, 30 July

TURKISH SHEPHERDS FROM AIVALI
18:00 h: cheese production - the cuisine of the Turkish Shepherds
20:00 h: Presentation of the latest book by Kostas Zouraris
on Makrygiannis with title "The Roman political theory in the Iliad"
21:30 h: Muammer Ketencoglu Folk Quartet:
Turkish & Greek Folk Songs From Asia Minor and Kapadokia

Friday, 31 July

21:00 h: Songs performed by Greek female singer Mario with
Morfo Tsaireli and his band (Iraklis Vavatsika, accordion)

Saturday 1 August

22:00 h: Concert evening with Manolis Rassoulis and Orpheas Peridis

Sunday 2 August

21:30 h: The Yakinthia Festival hosted in the city of Iraklion.
Formal closing of the YAKINTHIA events at the spray of the sea (on the beach of KARAVOLAS.
The shepherds of Anogias together with the shepherds of the desert are showing cheese production and their native cooking for the residents of Heraklion. This event is followed by music and dances performed by shepherds of Anogia and shepherds of the desert. Afterwards there will be a concert with Vassilis Stavrakakis and dances performed by the group of Thanasis Mavrokostas.

- All events (except 2-08-2009 in Heraklion) will take place at the site of St. Yakinthos.
- Visitors will have the opportunity to taste the cooking of the participating Mediterranean countries.

PARALLEL EVENTS
Exhibition of the ‘gifts of the Psiloritis’ and the produces of the countries participating in the festival

Photo exhibition by Giorgos Petrakis with topic "The Mitates" in the cafés and on the squares of Anogia

* There may be changes in the program. These will be announced shortly

FRIENDS OF YAKINTHIA EVENTS
COMMITTEE OF THE MEETING
COOPERATIVE OF SHEEP BREEDERS OF ANOGIA
ASSOCIATION OF SHEEP BREEDERS.
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ANOGIA

Yakinthia Festspiele 2008 in Anogia, Insel Kreta, Amphitheater Agios Yakinthos

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