Posters with poems referred to in 1922 and the Asia Minor Catastrophe “Travel” from today with the urban buses of ΟΑΣΘin the framework of the program of the municipality of Kalamaria “Kalamaria 1922 – 2022”, under the central title “A sea of memories… and we all became one”.
“The message of doom” of Apostolos Magganaris, the “Bane” of an unknown folk poet, “The ashes that traveled” of K.X. Myrrh, the “Chrysostom” of Kostis Palamas, the “Nostalgia of Izmir” by Jeyhun Atouf Kansou translated by Thomas Korovini, h “City of Martyrdom” by George Horton translated by Stavros Koukoutsakis, the “East” of Kostis Palamas, the “City” of the Conte de Noaig translated by Theonis Drakopoulou – Myrtiotissa, the “Small green sea” by Odysseas Elytis, are the titles of the poems that “dressed” the OASTH buses, as well as a narrative by Eleftherios Venizelos, entitled “Memories”from the archive of Penelope Delta.
“One hundred years later, we remember and honor the refugees who were brutally uprooted from their ancestral homes. It is the obligation of all of us to keep the memory alive and in this context OASTH responded immediately to the request of the municipality of Kalamaria and supports the events for the 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe “, notes the president and CEO of the Organization, George Skodrasprofessor.
“2022 is a special year for the municipality of Kalamaria, it is a year of memory and honor. The program “Kalamaria 1922 – 2022”, which we organize to mark the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, includes more than 50 events. In collaboration with OASTH, the poems will “travel” to many neighborhoods of Thessaloniki “, underlines the deputy mayor of education, sports, youth & lifelong learning of Kalamaria and coordinator of the program, Thanos Giannakos. As mentioned in today’s announcement of the organization, in the context of the cooperation of the two bodies, an anniversary video of the municipality of Kalamaria will be shown on the Cultural Line of OASTH.
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