A western culture comparison in Ancient and Modern Greece
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Greek Easter
This news broadcast follows the three days of celebration during the Easter season in the Greek Culture. The story starts by discussing the preparations made the days prior to the main holiday. On Good Friday the streets are blocked off in front of the church, as thousands of Greeks assemble to celebrate and the service is held inside and outside the premise. Easter is ushered on midnight of Sunday, as the Greek people during the vigil chant Khristós Anésti! On Sunday, the Greeks feast on roasted lamb on a spit, as well as traditional Easter soup called magiritsa, which is made of the heart, liver, and lungs of the lamb.
This video shows us a lot of good examples of Greek food. Also, it amazes me to see how religious (and how unified by religion) the community as a whole seems to be. Even though we live in such a technology-oriented culture, putting a big screen playing the service outside of a church would never gain such a large crowd here, even on Easter Sunday. I'm sure this has a lot to do with the religious diversity of our country, but I still think it's interesting.
I agree with Veronica. But one of the most cliché images that comes to mind with Easter in Greece is that of a whole roasted lamb on a spit. This video does a great job of illustrating Greek Easter and the large variety of foods associated with it.
This video shows us a lot of good examples of Greek food.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it amazes me to see how religious (and how unified by religion) the community as a whole seems to be. Even though we live in such a technology-oriented culture, putting a big screen playing the service outside of a church would never gain such a large crowd here, even on Easter Sunday. I'm sure this has a lot to do with the religious diversity of our country, but I still think it's interesting.
I agree with Veronica. But one of the most cliché images that comes to mind with Easter in Greece is that of a whole roasted lamb on a spit. This video does a great job of illustrating Greek Easter and the large variety of foods associated with it.
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