29 -year -old Harikleia Mari is a professional actress and singer, with extensive experience in the field of Musical and Voice Acting for some years she founded the Thessaloniki Mermaid Academy, that is, the first school … mermaid!

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That is, it trains its students to swim with the so -called mermaid tail, that is, with a monopoly.

“It also started as a recreation swimming and as a way to train people to respect the sea to protect marine life and exercise at the same time in a pleasant and fun way without understanding it,” she says in an interview with ERT.

Wearing a mermaid uniform, Harikleia Mari was found a few days ago swimming between sharks and skates in the Maldives. In the turquoise waters of the exotic island, the 29 -year -old from Thessaloniki not only was not afraid but enjoyed it with her soul.

“It is a very strong feeling to be in these animals because they are their own home, it is their own environment, we do not breathe under the water. And, for example, you feel a huge awe next to them.
We have dramatized them a little of the films and we consider them dangerous, while the locals are called by the cats of the sea. And they are really very friendly they are not interested in attacking people and what they want is to come to you to explore you and you do the same. “