#apokries

[sugaroto]

Couple costumes ideas for apokries

Candy candy x My little pony🥰

A bunny, a pirate and a bear for trios🥰

#στο παρά πέντε #στο παρα πεντε #παρα πεντε #sto para pente #greek memes #apokries #απόκριες

[inadequate--feelings]

Tis apokries tha ntuthw stripper, that way he may visit me more often

#all men are trash #ελληνικά #greek posts #athens #apokries

[wordsmithic]

Happy Apokria to any Hellenic/Greek followers I have!

Two boules and a genitsaros from Naoussa, Hellas.

#hellas #Macedonia #Naoussa #apokries #carnival #folk customes #traditional clothing #hellenismos

[alatismeni-theitsa]

can we greekify halloween? it looks fun

i want second απόκριες

(ουαου απάντησα αυτό το ask πριν τελειώσει ο Οκτώβριος)

Είναι ωραία εποχή οι απόκριες! Για να επιτευχθεί το Greek Halloween εγώ απλά θα έκανα τις Ελληνικές απόκριες πιο "αυθεντικές". Έχουμε ενδιαφέρουσες ιστορίες/πλάσματα και ιδιαίτερα έθιμα ανά περιοχή.

Βεβαια η δική μας εποχή μεταμφίεσης παραδοσιακά δεν περιλαμβάνει να ντύνεσαι ως το ίδιο το τέρας, αλλά ως κάτι που θα τρομάξει αυτό το τέρας. (Στις περισσότερες περιοχές. Υπάρχουν και εξαιρέσεις όπως η Άμφισσα με τη νύχτα των Στοιχιών)

Και πάλι, μπορούμε να αυτοσχεδιασουμε και να κάνουμε τις στολές πιο τρομακτικες. Ειδικά αν συνδέονται τα πλάσματα με τοπικούς μύθους θα το νιώσουμε πιο έντονα. Για παράδειγμα κάποιες περιοχές έχουν ακόμα τη Λάμια. (Μαζί με νεκροζώντα��α πλάσματα και φαντάσματα)

#answered #Halloween #apokries

[naxosandsmallcyclades]

Η Νάξος διοργανώνει και γιορτάζει ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα αποκριάτικα γεγονότα της Ελλάδας. Η Ναξιώτικη Αποκριά περιλαμβάνει εκδηλώσεις και δρώμενα που αναδεικνύουν την πλούσια και ξεχωριστή πολιτιστική κληρονομιά του τόπου μας, πλημμυρισμένη με τα χρώματα των Κορδελάτων και τους ήχους των Κουδουνάτων, με Φουστανελάδες και μπαϊράκια, με Μαινάδες και Σατύρους, Λαμπαδηφόρους και Καρναβαλιστές. 

Σάς προσκαλούμε λοιπόν στη μεγάλη γιορτή της Ναξιώτικης Αποκριάς!

#Apokries #Carnival_of_Naxos #Απόκριες2023 #lampadifories #kordelati #naxosandsmallcyclades #Ναξος #διονυσιακό_καρναβάλι_νάξου #Naxos

[psikonauti]

Oh my god!! I found these after more than 15 years of not having seen them. They are from primary school, possibly from ages between 7-10 or so... I'm obsessed bc I LOVE children's art and this is the kind of drawings I still prefer and it's so fun to see I used to love the same things I do now 😍 ok this made me really happy, wish I could find everything I've ever made!

#I literally had no idea these existed until now 😍 #I used to be obsessed with drawing #The more I grew up the less I created tho 😭 #Second one was probably made in Apokries #These are costumes #They even have wigs 🤣 #mine

[iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife]

My ass is NOT beating the maid dress fetish allegations. 🖐️🖐️

#i m gonna wear an apokries costume that is SO slutty #Al's ramblings

[katstwistedmind]

there's a tiny dracula in the park

#kat has thoughts #apokries my beloved

[princesspython]

Medusa as a Jester for Greek Carnival of Apokries 🎠🎪🎭🌈.

So here are the design elements I added. The layered dress is based on the clothing of Ancient Minoan Women from Crete (3000-1100 BCE).

As you can see the skirt were layered with fabric prints, cut at the waist, then totally open at the chest.

I tried to mimic the design, but gave it a more flowing 'Alice in Wonderland' , Jester look for the Carnival theme.

The wings are based on the African/ Greek HooPoe which I felt looked like the original Medusa wing design. Her wings are described as black, white, and gold.

Then I added a Jester look to give her a unique style to go along with her scales. This is in theme with the Greek Carnival of Apokries. This festival dates back to Dionysos, the ancient Greek god of wine, fun and fertility.

That's my art and history rant! Hope you enjoyed! 🐍🎭💕

#medusa #greek mythology #ancient greece #ancient history #mythology #feminism #mythology and folklore #gorgon #goddess #greek gods #harpy #harly quinn #jester #minoan #ancient crete #greek myth art #snake goddess #snake #gorgon oc #character design #oc art #perseus #andromeda #harpies

[alalumin]

omg yes please invade!!!!!!

I haven't started season 2 yet but can't wait to invade again hehe.

On the topic of good omens:

I remembered my grandma's cool snake belt that she gifted me a few months ago, so now I am definitely dressing as Crowley during Apokries, yes just because it's snake related. I am literally always looking for an excuse to wear this thing and haven't yet.

#ask answered! #i love you snake belt #I'm a reptile enthusiast so i was so happy she gifted me this

[sugaroto]

I'm seeing a lot of tiktoks that are like "minors shouldn't cosplay angel dust" and I just remembered back in 2016(?) two (boys) 6th graders had dressed up as whores at the school for Apokries

"Τι έχεις ντυθει;"

"ΠΟΥΤΑΝΙΤΣΑ"

They had balloons for fake boobs, heels and all

#angel dust #apokries #sugarenia school stuff

[peponotsipaki]

Ti na ntuthw tis apokries??

[insufferable-homestuck]

apokries doodle cause its apokries B) ! [ greek halloween, its celebrated in february ]

#youll never know who's under those robes #speaking of. #BEHOLD THEM!! BEHOLD THE ROBES #saw #saw fandom #homestuck #homestuck fanart #dave strider #hs dave

[alatismeni-theitsa]

What really sucks is how, while many Greek Jews have been here for literally centuries, and even for the ones that came later on, still, our traditions are so heavily linked with the standard Greek traditions (Purim which is our Apokries, has been transferred for a long time, two weeks earlier and is celebrated during the Christian Apokries instead of the standard)and it sucks that people still claim that "jews are not truly Greeks" and how we don't belong here. Sadly I have been hearing that rhetoric even more lately to the point that I don't mention that I'm Jewish to people I don't know well, in case they are weirdos. And the way that the government is going (far right with the Spartans and everything) I don't see the situation getting better soon.

What's your opinion on this theitsa;

Hello! :) First of all, thank you for entrusting me with your thoughts! It means a lot!

It irks me when I hear "they don't belong here" about people who have been citizens of this country for a very long time! (it irks me regardless, but whatever) What the fuck "belong" even means?? And who the fuck decides that?? They are here, they are citizens, they are part of the Greek history, the end! Even more so if these people speak Greek, they have Greek education, they live the Greek reality every day, they fight for the same things as the rest of the Greeks, and so on.

It sucks that this country makes you feel like you have to hide, or explain yourself in case they learn you are Jewish. This shouldn't have to happen! And, to be fair, no one is 100% "pure" Greek (I hate the concept of purity but I mention it here for argument's sake). We all have at least ONE ancestor of Slavic (/Arvanite), German, Turk, Egyptian, Hebrew, Armenian, Persian etc descent. We don't live in a bubble! Markos Botsaris (+ his crew) and Laskarina Bouboulina were Arvanites!

For this reason, I think "How Greek" one is, shouldn't define how much respect they get as Greek citizens. We are all enclosed in the same borders under a common government and we will achieve shit if we give in to infighting about who is The Best.

At the same time, I don't mean to diminish your argument about Jewish Greeks having Greek cultural elements. It makes sense that Jews in Norway and Jews in Greece won't have the exact same culture, and that they will be affected by the culture around them. I imagine it's hurtful when this part of your identity is overlooked. I'm just saying that all people here are "allowed" to be here, since our law has allowed it.

I wish I could tell you "don't be afraid! go forth and be yourself!" but realistically you will be the judge of what's safer for you. At least from my perspective, most Greeks won't have an issue. They might be very interested, even. But one or two times there will be Greeks who will create an issue for you. And these bigoted Greeks might be even more than we think.

The "funny" thing about far-right parties like the Spartans is that, while they claim to be "for Greece", they seem to parrot USAmerican rhetoric (non-Greek rhetoric) which goes against how the locals historically viewed the Jews in Greece.

Correct me if I am wrong, anon, but I feel like the rise of antisemitism in our days is very connected to the US-Americanization of Greece? This type of antisemitism (the type of conspiracies) and the intensity is the exact same I see from people in the US who worry when Jews are in positions of power.

Now, it's a historical truth that certain Greeks worked with the Nazis for power, at the time Greece was under Nazi/Axis occupation. (The Greeks still hate these families that were Germanophille at the time, because these families also worked against the interests of the rest of Greeks) So antisemitic sentiments existed before. But the land of what is now Greece was under the Ottoman Empire for centuries and the Ottoman Empire was a haven for Jews who were heavily discriminated against and killed in West Europe.

Many Jews acquired power and influence in big Greek cities like Thessaloniki, owning factories, businesses, newspapers, and real estate. They were allowed to prosper and they were an important part of our societies. (The Byzantine Museum of Thessaloniki has an exhibition this year about the Thessalonian Jewish community. It's outside and left of the cafeteria, they have a new room)

At the same time, obviously, being Jewish didn't make you automatically rich and influential. Before the second world war, there were Greeks and Turks, and French who were very rich and influential, too. Traditionally the Greeks understood this was a Class thing, not an Ethnicity thing. (And, in any case, no people deserve a freaking genocide!!!) But my point is, in the Old Times I didn't see sentiments such as "oooo the Jews are here to control us!!" whereas I feel this is a big part of the Greek antisemitic rhetoric today.

The reason I think this sentiment is brought by the US is that in the US there are many Jewish communities and many have acquired wealth or they had generational wealth. But in Greece there as soooo few Jews and they don't hold the same amount of wealth. Like, the bigoted conspiracies of the far right don't even make sense in the Greek reality 😂

For those who don't know: Despite the efforts of Greek Jews to escape the holocaust and the efforts of many Greeks to help them escape in the Επαρχία (rest of the country, outside of Athens), like in Zakynthos, an extremely large number of Jews in Greece got killed by the Axis powers in the Second World War. Hence, the large Jewish population of Greece has dwindled, and the community is really small nowadays. The community (at least in Thessaloniki) is also cautious to open their culture to other Greeks because they fear antisemitic sentiments might hurt them again. (Which is understandable to me. Btw I heard this cause a friend writing her thesis needed access to the Hebrew records in Thessaloniki)

Sorry for the long response, anon! My thoughts were many, as you can see. I would be very happy if you could tell us more things about Greek Jewish culture, if you don't mind! (how it's similar or dissimilar to the more frequent version of Greek culture) I could not find many things online, or even in museums, about it and I am genuinely curious.

Feel free to correct me on historical stuff, if you have different info! I am sure we would all be better for learning it because so much culture and historical perspective was lost from the collective average Greek consciousness with the holocaust. I hate that this gap gave rise to the rhetoric of far-right parties. I would also like to be more equipped to speak against their antisemitism by knowing more facts.

I also wonder if it's any awkward celebrating Hanukkah as a Greek Jew? 😅 I think it's not awkward (because the Greek Seleucid Empire was a looong time ago), but I am really curious if the Greek Jews think some way about it.

#greek jewish #romaniote #<- anon might not identify with this but I'd like someone to also find this post while looking for Jews in Greece #so it's just for convenience purposes #answered

[bedenbogat]

[naxosandsmallcyclades]

Η Νάξος υποδέχεται τις Απόκριες με δρώμενα και εκδηλώσεις που αναδεικνύουν την πλούσια και ξεχωριστή πολιτιστική κληρονομιά του τόπου, η οποία είναι πλημμυρισμένη με τα χρώματα των Κορδελάτων και τους ήχους των Κουδουνάτων, με Φουστανελάδες και μπαϊράκια, με Μαινάδες και Σατύρους, Λαμπαδηφόρους και Καρναβαλιστές. Σάς προσκαλούμε στη μεγάλη γιορτή της Ναξιώτικης Αποκριάς για να δημιουργήσουμε αναμνήσεις που θα μας συντροφεύουν για πάντα!

Link με το πρόγραμμα των εκδηλώσεων : https://bit.ly/48XZjOo

#naxosandsmallcyclades#SmallCyclades#Aegean#Cyclades#naxos#Greece#Apokries#Carnival_of_Naxos#Νάξος#Απόκριες2024#lampadifories#koudounatoi#kordelatoi#διονυσιακό_καρναβάλι_νάξου#dionysian_carnival_of_naxos

#ελλάδα #ναξος #smallcyclades #village #greece #visitgreece #naxos #naxosisland #lovegreece #naxosandsmallcyclades #carnival