Εορτασμός του Πάσχα στην Αμφίπολη εν μέσω Β΄Βαλκανικού πολέμου

 

**Popular Music in the Greek Press of Thessaloniki, 1912-1922 **Argyrios Kokoris Attorney-at-Law / Musician, Singer and Music Teacher

3.2 References to popular music in religious celebrations

The first report comes from the hills of Amphipolis, of Paggaion mountain in Eastern Macedonia in 1913. Easter celebration of two military divisions along with local villagers was presented in the following manner; dances and heroic chants were mentioned together with the Greek heroic chants being sung by the villagers – which were dancing at the same time.132 The Easter of 1914 in the Macedonian county was described as being celebrated with soldiers singing national chants and dancing Greek dances.1

132 Makedonia, 25/4/1913, p.2 «ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝ ΜΑΣ - ΜΙΑ ΣΥΓΚΙΝΗΤΙΚΩΤΑΤΗ ΕΟΡΤΗ» / “FROM OUR ARMY – A VERY TOUCHING FEAST” («Χοροί και άσματα ηρωικά απηχούσι ανά τους πρόποδας του Παγγαίου... περί ωραν 8ην πρωινήν βλέπομεν κατερχομένους τους κατοίκους των διαφόρων χωρίων...Ζητωκραυγαί ουρανομήκεις ακούονται από τον πολυάριθμο στρατό και το πλήθος των χωρικών. Κατόπιν απαρτίζεται παμμεγιστος χορός υπό των χωρικών... Αφού δε τελος έληξε η πρωτότυπος και αγνοτάτη αύτη ελληνική εορτή, οι μεν χωρικοί τραγωδούντες ελληνικά ηρωικά τραγούδια ανήλθον εις τα χωρίαν των, ημείς δε εμείναμεν κατενθουσιασμένοι, διότι ευρεθηκαμε εις αγνόν ελληνικόν πληθυσμόν, τον οποίον ουδολως μετέβαλεν η μακρά δουλεία τόσων αιώνων.»/ "Dances and songs are heroically echoing across the foothills of Paggaion ... at about 8 am in the morning we see the residents of the various villages descending ... cheers all over the place are heard by the numerous army and crowd of peasants. Then there is a full-fledged dance by the peasants ... After the end of this prototype and this immaculate Greek feast, the villagers singing Greek heroic songs ascended to their villages, and we were excited because we were among a pure Greek population, which had never been changed due to the long slavery of so many centuries. ") 133 Makedonia, 9/4/1914, p.1, «ΑΠΟ ΤΑΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΙΑΣ - ΤΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΑΣ» / “FROM OUR PROVINCES – EASTER IN THE BARRACKS” («…άδοντες εθνικά άσματα και χορεύοντες Ελληνικούς χορούς. ») 134 To Fos, 25/3/1915, p.1, «ΠΩΣ ΕΟΡΤΑΣΘΗ ΤΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΜΑΣ» / “HOW EASTER WAS CELEBRATED AT THE BARRACKS OF OUR CITY”

. photo Charles Martel, 1919 “Wedding in Macedonia”