"What is not said... is sung and danced": The "Thimaitadai", in "PARISH in action..."translated

The folk song is the voice of our people. It is our memory, our history, our daily life, our joy and sorrow. It's everything we couldn't put into words. It is a part of our soul. And as long as there is a man to sing, a bouzouki to play and a heart to move, the folk song will remain alive. The Mixed Choir of the Cultural Association of Keratsini "THYMAITADAI" presented a musical tribute to the folk song, on Sunday, November 1, at the Spiritual Center of the Holy Church of Evangelistria, Piraeus, as part of the program "PARISH in action...".

The teaching, direction, choral editing and editing of texts was done by Maestro Maria Katsari and was accompanied by the musicians Lambros Pantazopoulos on the Bouzouki, Lefteris Symianakis on the Guitar and the Maestro on the piano. A dance group of the Association participated.

The tribute included a journey to the melodies that spoke to the hearts of the people, to the great loves, to the woes, to the joys and to the memories of an entire era. Folk song was not born in luxurious halls. He was born through toil, poverty, love, strangeness, betrayal...