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In the old days the bride and the groom used to get dressed separately at their houses in the presence of relatives and friends with the accompaniment of local traditional music.

People in Agios Athanasios used to organize excursions to the countryside quite often and prepared the traditional “souvla” (pieces of meat cooked on charcoal )and they enjoyed themselves, eating and singing till late in the afternoon.

The land of the municipality of Agios Athanasios, was studded with structures and threshing fields which attest the strong land cultivation of that years. According to witnesses in the area were around 30 threshing fields. In summer under the hot sun…

Τhe old cultivation way by the use of traditional wooden plow, drawn by oxen (1950 AD).

Κατά την τέλεση του μυστηρίου του γάμου στην εκκλησία στα παλαιότερα χρόνια μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1960 πέραν από τον πρώτο κουμπάρο και…

Στα παλαιότερα χρόνια όσοι επιθυμούσαν αντί άλλων δώρων να δώσουν χρήματα στο ζευγάρι ενισχύοντας έτσι το νέο τους ξεκίνημα ως…

In very old times, drinking water was pulled by residents with bucket cans tied with rope from two wells that were at the two squares (1943) and later by fountains which were built in various parts of the village. In that period, due to the good…

Habitants of Agios Athanasios who voluntarily joined the colonial British army forces to fight the fascism in the Second World War.

A number of Agios Athanasios habitants voluntarily joined the forces against fascism during the Second World War.

The so called ‘Vlokka’s well’, the furthest northern end of the village. In the old years, shepherds of the village along with their livestock, spent the whole summer in the surrounding area Those days the shepherds were not allowed to descend…