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Agios Sergios & Bacchus 🇬🇷 Άγιος Σέργιος και Βάκχος
#gavalochori #gavalochorivillage #apokoronas #crete #cretanplaces #cretan_stories #cretan #cretanlandscape #colours_of_crete #condenasttraveller #churchesofcrete #churches_in_crete #creteisland #cretelife #cretegreece #discover_apokoronas #incrediblecrete #instacrete #igerscrete #instachania #greekvillage #lovecrete #meanwhileincrete #reasonstovisitgreece #visitcrete
Ένα road trip στον ιδιαίτερης αισθητικής και αρχιτεκτονικής Αποκορώνα !!!!
A road trip to the unique aesthetics and architecture of Apokoronas!!!!
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#αποκορωνας #roadtrip #architecture #church #stone #apokoronas #apokoronas_villages #photographer #instafoto📷 #crete #gavalochori #vamos #chairetakis_vasilis
Parmezaan salad gavalianos_kafenes ♡
#gavalochori #gavalianoskafenes #salads #foodphotography #cretanfood #biological
I love this man ❤️ and his house in Gavalochori, Crete. y_markantonakis is a fantastic artist ________________________________________________#Polaroid taken with my mintcamera #slr670x - shutter speed: 1/125 sec - f8 - 640 ASA #polaroidsx70 #makeordinarydaysextraordinary #gavalochori #greece #crete #slr670s #mintcamera #mypolaroidnow #mypolaroidperspective #sebastienduval #yannismarkantonakis
Who is for a ride?
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Something you don’t see very often 😁🤣
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( I couldn’t resist)
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#gavalochori #villagelife #alluring_villages #chaniacrete #crete #greece #chania #goatsofinstagram #colours_of_crete #igers_crete #alluring_islands #explore_crete #villagevibes #keyofcrete #cretan_stories #chaniastories #cretanlife #goatsofcrete #lovechania
Welcoming the winter season with warmth and flavor. 🍴
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#arismari #tavern #food #foodlover #eat #apokoronas #gavalochori #greece #kreta #ελλας🇬🇷 #φαγητομαμας #homemade
Mantinades of Crete ♡
In every Cretan village, there’s always someone who carries the gift of mantinades — short, improvised poems in rhyme that capture the soul of the island.
A mantinada is just two lines, but within them you’ll find love, grief, humor, longing, and above all, the Cretan spirit. They are sung or spoken in moments of celebration, sorrow, or simply to pass the time — a living tradition passed from one generation to the next.
I was lucky enough to record one from one of the elders in our village, Mr. Pavlos. A man whose voice has kept these verses alive for decades. Sharing it here is my way of keeping his memory and our village’s tradition alive — so that these words don’t fade into silence... ♡
Mr Pavlos` Μαντινάδα:
Ήθελα και να κάτεχα
ίντα χαρά θωρούνε...
ανθρώποι που παντρεύονται
χωρίς ν’ αγαπηθούνε.
Translation:
I wish that I could comprehend
what joy their hearts have known,
the ones who enter into marriage
without a love their own.
#Crete #Mantinada #CretanTradition #FolkPoetry #CretanCulture
#Μαντινάδες #Κρήτη #gavalochori
“No coffee drops were harmed during the making of this reel.”
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I smell challenge 😁
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Don’t try this at home 😁
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#gavalochori #villagelife #kafeneio #chania #kafetzis #villagers #cretan_stories #villagevibe #chaniastories
