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eftihis 3rd May 2013 07:17 AM

Greece, Mesologgi exodus celebration 2013
 
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During the Greek war of independance (1821-1829), an event of great importance was the siege and exodus of Mesologgi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missolonghi
Our group from Crete, paricipated in this year's celebrations and parade. last weekend).

Iain 3rd May 2013 08:57 AM

Very neat! Thanks for sharing. It's always nice to see a connection to history maintained and your group looks very impressive and well equipped! :)

digenis 3rd May 2013 03:22 PM

Very cool! My great great grandfather fought in Messologhi as a Greek officer and defended the Bastion "franklinos". Thankfully, he survived the final sortie which allowed me to eventually get born!

manteris1 3rd May 2013 05:33 PM

very nice..........................jimmy

Sylektis 13th May 2013 08:44 PM

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Thank you Eftihis for your participation. It is important to keep some traditions .
In this anniversary one can see many interesting weapons like in these photos from previous years.

Richard G 14th May 2013 10:56 AM

efthis,
Do you know whether or not these are genuine "antique" weapons, in which case I would speculate (sorry moderators) some of the participants are carrying the equivalent of a small fortune. Do these weapons belong to the participants themselves? Is there a business in making replicas for these occasions ? It would be very interesting to know the source of these weapons.
Best wishes
Richard
PS, I know this is being rather romantic, but wouldn't life be more interesting if we now had the courage to dress as they did then?

TIME 9th June 2013 10:13 PM

Hello from Messolonghi!
 
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Hello i am George from Messolonghi,
Eftihis se is my friend and i am one of this people on the photo.
The gun is form personal collection except some belonging to museums and presented for events.

Most are 18-19th century from those shown in the pictures and not copies.

eftihis 15th April 2014 10:04 PM

Just returned from this year's celebrations!
 
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This year we were more people from Crete, and we also had female participants.

machinist 15th April 2014 11:22 PM

Love these photos, beautiful people, beautiful weapons.
I wonder if a person can run and move freely with so much stuck
in the belt, it makes a great display, but it seems it might be clumsy.


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