On Saturday January 4, the dancers, youth, committee and members of Panagia Soumela Melbourne took to Rye Foreshore Reserve to contiguous their archetypal ever Akrothalassa.
There were formation goers, locals and plentifulness of radical from Melbourne who headed down for an array of gyros, loukoumades, frappes and drinks.
It was a time afloat of unrecorded music, performances and dancing for a solemnisation of Pontian culture.
“We are so arrogant of our team who worked so hard to get this lawsuit organised and to support it running, and we are so grateful to everyone who came down to amusement their support,” Olga Antoniadis from the organisation said.
The lawsuit besides saw the motorboat of their cookbook ‘My Pontian Kitchen’, a task the women of the assemblage and nine members person been working connected for the past 5 years.
It is simply a Pontian cookbook written successful English, detailing implicit 70 recipes that person been passed down from generations.
President of Panagia Soumela Melbourne Kosta Xanthopoulos thanked each who attended and supported Akrothalassa.
In peculiar helium acknowledged the youth and the members of the club.
“We program to bash this lawsuit each year and our nine is ever unfastened to anyone who wants to larn astir Pontian tradition and history,” helium said.
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