EDITORIAL PEASANT WOMAN

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HELLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ANTIQUITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

DIRECTORATE OF MODERN CULTURAL HERITAGE

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EDITORIAL

CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF

THE COURTYARD CULTURAL HERITAGE

(UNESCO 2003) 20 YEARS SINCE ITS ADOPTION

 

PROGRAMME OF ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES

OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2023

 

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Event

"TRIBUTE TO THE PEASANT WOMAN OF ASPROPYRGOS"

COURTYARD CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE RURAL AREA

 

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2023 at 18:30

At the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Aspropyrgos

 

Organised by

Emilia Bouriti | Artistic Platform Syn+Ergasia

International Program "Amoli"

 

In collaboration with the Agricultural Association of Aspropyrgos

 

In the context of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO 2003), an event takes place on Sunday, November 5 at 18:30 in Aspropyrgos, which is a tribute to the woman farmer of the region and the role she plays in the development and preservation of the cultural heritage of Aspropyrgos. An area that perhaps few people know that it continues, alongside its post-industrial characteristics, to be a rural area.

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The event is organized by the researcher and visual artist Emilia Bouriti "Artistic Platform Syn+Ergasia " and the international program "Amoli" in collaboration with the Agricultural Association of Aspropyrgos and is presented  under the auspices and support of the Ministry of Culture.

 

Specifically, at the event which takes place on November 5, 2023 at 18.30, two elderly women farmers, Μrs. Katerina Dara - Hatzi and Katerina Ilia and the farmer Mrs. Eleni Issari, talk about  the rural-animal husbandry in Aspropyrgos. The Agricultural Association of Aspropyrgos and its members  participate as well.

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In the same evening an award ceremony for the above women farmers take place as part of the "World Farmers' Day", which was established by the UN to be celebrated on 15 October and due to the elections the celebration was moved to 5 November.

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The event underlines the value of the Aspropyrgian woman farmer who has watered the land with her sweat and the development of the city has been based mainly on her own labor!

 

The evening is accompanied by discussions, narratives, Arvanitic songs and visual screenings.

 

Emilia Bouriti is the moderator.

 

They participate with songs

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The Arvanitic farmers  from Aspropyrgos, Elefsina and Mandra:

Eleni Darra, Katerina Ilia, Maria Kapsala, Sofia Kasaki, Koula Liosi, Kaiti Neroutsou, Katina Neroutsou, Fani Papada, Ekaterini Peppa, Ekaterini Sterpi - Sotiriou, Ekaterini Farmaki.

 

The "Women's Association of Magoula":

Spyridoula Panagopoulou, Marika Gogou, Poppy Becke, Augustina Alexandra, Angeliki Dimakopoulou, Paraskevi Kokkiniotis, Zoe Katsimbra, Katie Trivella, Athena Koutsodima, Ourania Liggou.

 

With regard to the anniversary, we should note that in 2023 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which reflected the changes in our perception of cultural heritage at the institutional level, i.e. the radical broadening of the concept, which now embraces not only the material monuments of the past, but also the social and cultural practices of the present.

 

As well as the rural landscape as a powerful cultural asset, and the rural practices that accompany it. In this context, Aspropyrgos and its farmers are a living example of cultural heritage and is rightly celebrated in the context of "20 years since the adoption of the International Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage".

 

Location:

Aspropyrgos Municipal Cultural Centre

13 Alekos Panagouli 13, Aspropyrgos

Tel: +30210 5577191

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With the financial support and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.