The Folklore Museum of Afytos is located in the seaside village of
Afytos
Afytos () is a village in Chalkidiki, northern Greece. It is part of the municipality Kassandra. It is situated on the northeastern coast of the Kassandra peninsula, 6 km northeast of Kassandreia, 31 km south of Polygyros and 73 km sou ...
on the
Kassandra peninsula
Kassandra () or Kassandra Peninsula () is a peninsula and a municipality in Chalkidiki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Kassandreia.
Municipality
The municipality Kassandra was formed at the 2011 local go ...
of
Chalkidiki
Chalkidiki (; , alternatively Halkidiki), also known as Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos reg ...
,
Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia ( ; , ) is one of the thirteen Regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece, consisting the central part of the Geographic regions of Greece, geographical and historical region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. With a ...
,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
.
History
The museum was established in the 1980s by Nikos Paralis and the local Folklore Association using artifacts donated by the villagers. The museum was housed in a traditional listed building dating to 1889 in the centre of the village, which was donated by the Aletras family.
[Museums of Macedonia]
Exhibits
The folklore collection includes domestic utensils, agricultural implements (for ploughing, sowing, reaping, harvesting), and pottery, which is a craft with a long tradition here. The folklore collection is accompanied by a collection of
Karagiozis
Karagiozis or Karaghiozis (Greek : Καραγκιόζης), ( ) is a shadow puppet and fictional character of Greek folklore. He is the main character of the traditional Greek shadow puppet theatre, which dates back to the Ottoman era. He is t ...
shadow-theatre puppets owned by the puppet-master
Evgenios Spatharis.
Gallery
File:Macedonian_Museums-45-Laografiko_Afutou-200.jpg, Spatharis Shadow Theatre Puppet Exhibition
File:Macedonian_Museums-45-Laografiko_Afutou-201.jpg, Arvanitis Photographic Exhibition 1st
File:Macedonian_Museums-45-Laografiko_Afutou-202.jpg, Arvanitis Photographic Exhibition 2nd
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Afytos
Afytos () is a village in Chalkidiki, northern Greece. It is part of the municipality Kassandra. It is situated on the northeastern coast of the Kassandra peninsula, 6 km northeast of Kassandreia, 31 km south of Polygyros and 73 km sou ...
Chalkidiki
1980s establishments in Greece