The tango, a typically Argentinian genre, belongs to the family of folk music forms mainly originating in urban underclasses from the late 19th and early 20th century onwards whose characteristic dances, originally considered too lewd for acceptance by polite society, have advanced to worldwide acceptance and popularity and whose songs tell of solitude and desperation – due to social and racial discrimination – frustrated love and longing. The group includes, in addition to the tango, the American blues, the Greek rebetiko, the Portuguese fado and the Spanish flamenco. Their historic roots are of course different but their inspiration has many similarities. Some extracts from Wikipedia give a brief account of their origins:
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New irrigation schedule for Kolymbari area
As is usual in hot summers, by the end of July stocks of agricultural water are running low and rationing is being introduced for irrigation. The following notice has appeared in today’s Haniotika Nea:
Continue readingNew ambulance station at Kolymbari
The Municipality of Platanias this week announced the creation of a new Platanias branch of the Ambulance Service (in Greek EKAB, or National Centre for Immediate Assistance), which will be provisionally stationed at the Regional Surgery in the old police station in Kolymbari.
Continue readingCarnival comes to Kolymbari
The Carnival is coming to Kolymbari for the first time on 23rd February 2025, according to an announcement on the Cultural Association of Kolymbari’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/reel/911772034364564). The full announcement reads:
Continue readingGerman President visits Kandanos and Kolymbari
The Federal President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, visited Crete last week as part of a three-day official visit to Greece at the invitation of the Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, He was accompanied by his wife, Elke Büdenbender.
Continue readingA Kolymbari photo album
Regular readers may remember that a year ago we posted a report of a book launch at the Orthodox Academy of Crete. The book, Kolymbari – socioeconomic history and folklore by Haris Naxakis, traced the history of Kolymbari and the surrounding area from prehistoric times to the present day, concentrating on the modern period from 1900 when Kolymbari first appeared in an official census.
Continue readingPavement renewal starts at Maleme
As we reported in a previous post (https://kolymbaricourier.com/2023/04/23/renewal-of-pavements-in-platanias/), in April last year, the Municipality of Platanias announced that it had received funding for the much-needed renewal and creation of pavements along the Old National Road from Platanias to Kolymbari. Included in the project, which has a budget of €4,513,000, was a strip of land alongside Maleme airfield, which was to be turned into an amenity for the Municipality.
Continue readingScheduled power cuts in the Chania area
There will be a power cut on Wednesday 24th July in Kolymbari, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am, centred on the main crossroads and including the Fourakis bakery, SYNKA, Melissa and the petrol station.
Continue readingIrrigation news for Kolymbari
Any reader who has olives to irrigate or a garden to water in the Kolymbari area will already be aware that there is currently a shortage of agricultural water. Whether or not caused by climate the change, this is not a new phenomenon, although it has certainly occurred earlier than usual this year, no doubt as a result of the reduced quantities of snow on Levka Ori during the winter.
Continue readingSummer cinema in Kolymbari
Posters have appeared in Kolymbari advertising a screening of the popular musical “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” at 21:00 this coming Saturday 22nd June, at the General Lykeio, which is on the road out of Kolymbari towards the VOAK, opposite the turning to the Church of Agia Marina. According to an announcement by the school:
“The pupils of the 2nd Lykeio of the General Lykeio of Kolymbari in collaboration with the management and the teachers’ association are organising a summer cinema in the forecourt of the school. Part of the entrance fees will be given for philanthropic purposes.
Projection of the film “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”.
The site will be open from 19:00 with music and unique mocktails.
Entrance €4.00 (with jelly).”
While popular family films in Greece are often dubbed, the evidence available online suggests that the Greek version in circulation is subtitled.
The film
“Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is a 2018 jukebox musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Ol Parker, from a story by Parker, Catherine Johnson, and Richard Curtis. It is the sequel to the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, which in turn is based on the 1999 musical of the same name using the music of ABBA. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Andy García, Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Cher, Meryl Streep, Alexa Davies, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Josh Dylan, Jeremy Irvine, and Hugh Skinner. Both a prequel and a sequel, the plot is set after the events of the previous film, and is intersected with flashbacks to Donna’s youth in 1979, with some scenes from the two time periods mirroring each other.” – Wikipedia.
Whereas the original “Mamma Mia!” film was shot in Greece, mainly on the island of Skopelos, the location for the sequel was moved to Croatia and the island of Vis, reportedly because of complications created by Greek bureaucracy.