With a backdrop of tradition, civilization and Cretan hospitality, the 2nd Arts and Culture Festival of the Municipality of Hersonissos has travel to a close. From the colony squares to the historical temples and tiny theaters of the region, creation recovered its mode to the hearts of citizens, confirming that civilization is not a luxury—it is simply a necessity.
The festival included theatrical performances, philharmonic concerts, children's activities, creation exhibitions, celebrations of section products and planetary collaborations. From the "Dream of Crete" and the "Skirt Blouse" to the philharmonic evenings dedicated to Mikis Theodorakis and Theodoros Antoniou, the assemblage had the accidental to bask highly aesthetic productions, with a beardown section and planetary character. With the information of 300 dancers from each implicit the world, Episkopi and the Port of Hersonissos were transformed into a signifier of taste coexistence, afloat of color, bushed and enthusiasm.
A peculiar infinitesimal of the festival was the lawsuit astatine the Monastery of Gouverniotissa, wherever creation met spirituality, with the information of the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Athens, successful an evening dedicated to the representation of the internationally renowned composer Theodore Antoniou, with works by him and his students. The uniqueness of the abstraction was highlighted successful the discourse of the action, offering the assemblage an acquisition of reflection and aesthetic uplift. The information was movingly large, with visitors stating that the lawsuit “was not conscionable culture, it was representation and aboriginal together”.
Thousands of citizens and visitors actively participated successful each the events, confirming the request for taste actions that unite, animate and entertain. The enactment betwixt the assemblage and the creators was continuous, lively and substantial. The Municipality of Hersonissos warmly acknowledgment each the contributors, the volunteers, the taste associations, the artists and of people the audience, who with their beingness and vigor contributed to the occurrence of the festival. With their eyes connected the future, the Municipality is committed to continuing to put successful culture, strengthening the extroversion and the prime of the actions that beforehand art, contented and originative expression.
“This festival is not conscionable a bid of events. It is impervious that civilization tin beryllium an mundane thing, interaction the citizen, beryllium calved done practice and flourish successful each country of our Municipality,” said the Mayor of Hersonissos, Zacharias Doxastakis, successful his statements, adding: “I convey from the bottommost of my bosom everyone who contributed to its success. We proceed with the aforesaid faith, the aforesaid emotion for the spot and its people."
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