Blue Heritage
Blue Heritage is a new digital meeting place around the cultural heritage of Paros and the Aegean islands, created to showcase the different aspects of their local identity and enhance accessibility and creative participation by the general public.
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The tsambouna together with the gaida are the two types of bagpipes that are found today in Greece. The gaida is played in regions…
Nikolaos Perantinos is a sculptor of Parian origin, born in 1910. He showed an artistic tendency from a young age…
The hill of Kefalos in eastern Paros, which according to Dimitrios Paschalis is a distinct coastal mountain…
The tradition of “Panigyria” (traditional festivals) is interconnected with the numerous religious holidays and Saints’ “namedays”…
Oil and olives are products traditionally associated with agricultural production throughout Greece. “How many olive roots (do you have)?”…
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The windmill is “the most complex creation of a mechanism of widespread use of pre-industrial technology”…
The game, both as an object and as an action is an integral part of Greek tradition. It is true that children of previous generations…
In the course of inhabiting both the houses and the settlement, problems and increasing needs appeared…
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Blue Heritage is an on-line meeting place for people who share their love for life in the Aegean; here, they can share the stories, knowledge, and feelings drawn from the Aegean islands and their inhabitants. It is a modern mosaic of stories that is being constantly enriched and developed thanks to your contribution!