![One of the “katikés” today](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BLUE_HERITAGE_A3_PAROS_MARPISSA_KATIKIES_ARCHITECTURE_RURAL-555x350.jpg)
![One of the “katikés” today](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BLUE_HERITAGE_A3_PAROS_MARPISSA_KATIKIES_ARCHITECTURE_RURAL-555x350.jpg)
![Marpissa, 1955. From left: Dimitris Tsigonias, little Nikos Tsigonias, Katina Alipranti, Giakomini Alipranti, Electra Skiada, Irini Marinopoulou, Anna Arka, George Skordilis.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A1_PAROS_TRADITIONAL_FESTIVAL_MARPISSA-555x350.jpg)
The tradition of “Panigyria” (traditional festivals) is interconnected with the numerous religious holidays and Saints’ “namedays”…
![Olive groves in Lefkes.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A1_PAROS_OLIVE_GROVES_LEFKES-555x350.jpg)
Oil and olives are products traditionally associated with agricultural production throughout Greece. “How many olive roots (do you have)?”…
![Αλώνισμα στον Δραγουλά, Πάρος 1972](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A4_PAROS_CELEBRATIONS_CUSTOMS_AGRICULTURE_THRESING_ANIMALS-555x350.jpg)
The people of Marpissa and Paros worked mainly in farming. The climate and soil morphology favoured agricultural…
![Στις κούνιες της Μάρπησσας, τέλη του 1950. Από αριστερά: Νικήτας Ανουσάκης, Μαρουσώ Παντελαίου, Μαργαρίτα Παντελαίου Ανουσάκη, Ασημίνα Τσιγώνια και τα παιδιά Νίκος Τσιγώνιας ή Νικήτας Ανουσάκης, Μαργαρίτα Πάτκου, Σούλα Πανωρίου.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A4_PAROS_MARPISSA_SWING_TRADITION-555x350.jpg)
The custom of the “swing” has its origins in ancient Greece, as it specifically refers to the “hammock” of girls during the…
![Γιαγιά φτιάχνει μιρμιτζέλι, Δρυός Πάρου 1972.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_PAROS_TRADITIONAL_LOCAL_RECIPE_PASTA_MARPISSA_ΜΙΡΜΙΤΖΕΛΙ-555x350.jpg)
The mirmitzeli, a traditional recipe of Paros, is a kind of handmade pasta in a shape similar to that of its more famous counterpart…
![Μετά το λιάσιμο, τα χταπόδια μπορούσαν να διατηρηθούν σε σκιερό μέρος για πολύ καιρό.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A3_PAROS_TRADITIONAL_CYCLADIC_RECIPE_DRIED_OCTOPUS_SUN-555x350.jpg)
Islanders have learned to make the best use of products offered by the land and the sea. Sun-dried seasonal products…
![Carnival in Marpissa. The photo shows: Manolis and Spyridoula Kavalis, Grigoris Anastasiasis, Katina Alipranti Anastasiadi, Argyro Tsigonia, Dimitris and Irini Melanitis, Polyxeni and Michalis Koulambas.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A1_PAROS_MARPISSA_CARNIVAL-555x350.jpg)
In Marpissa, carnival was celebrated “in mirth and partying” (Stellas, 2005, p. 44). From the day opening…
![The people of Paros kept their houses open and welcomed everyone who called to wish them well on namedays or to participate in the joy of engagements, weddings, baptisms.](https://blueheritage.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BLUE_HERITAGE_A1_PAROS_TRADITIONAL_CELEBRATION_GATHERINGS_SPOONSWEETS-555x350.jpg)
Feasts and celebrations are all about solidarity, camaraderie and love. Hospitable and sociable, the people of Paros…