Visitors of Santorini discover, with pleasant surprise, that even today tradition is preserved in Santorini at its small village communities.
Religious festivals called ‘ayiomnisia’, wedding celebrations with traditional customs and local musical instruments that accompany the procedures of a wedding ceremony, local food such us split peas and tomato balls, desserts like ‘melitinia’ (Easter sweets) and ‘koufeto’ (wedding sweet), animals that still help both with agricultural work i.e. ploughing and threshing and transportation, houses decorated with old furniture, utensils, old handmade embroidery, old paintings and photographs, canava wineries where grapes are crushed and wine is produced by the viticulturists themselves…these are just some of the aspects of tradition that is so alive in Santorini.
Visitors should aim at knowing and experiencing these and other customs of a tradition that is very much alive, in order to get a complete picture of this peculiar volcanic place and its inhabitants.
By Emm. A. Lignos, Lawyer, Director of newspaper "Theraic News", Founder - Director of the Folklore Museum of Santorini
Source: Santorini Guidebook 2007
