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Festival of Constantine and Helen in Komiaki, Naxos

Festival of Constantine and Helen in Komiaki, Naxos

Η Komiaki Naxos is a village built amphitheatrically at an altitude of 550 meters with an open horizon to the Icarian Sea. Buried in the green plane trees, with many springs and surrounded by small enclosures and vineyards on terraces. It used to have two thousand inhabitants, while now it has about five hundred.

The party is made in two small single-aisled vaulted churches, one next to the other, the northern one dedicated to Life-giving Source and the south in Saints Constantine and Helen built next to the public, two kilometers from the village, on a plateau like a village square, covered by the foliage of four huge plane trees.

Festival of Constantine and Helen in Komiaki, Naxos

In the morning I was one of the first to arrive at the church because I wanted to attend food preparation.

The cook and his assistants received them four kids which were cut into portions by the donors, and the seventy kilos of meat were placed in the harani (shallow and wide cauldron) where they began to simmer with their liquids, without the addition of water. After stirring for about two hours with a daffodil stick - the rye flour - it was time to add the tomato, onion, garlic and allspice. When the meat got the second boil, they took it out and, after removing the sauce, they put the macaroni, which should always be, as Mr. Vassilis the cook "Stella number 6" told us. Then they were drained and mixed with the sauce. At 11 in the morning the food was ready.

The operation was performed with the known ritual, the breads were blessed and the people were scattered under the plane trees for food and feasting.

The pasta was served with the zula (the kid) in as little as ten minutes by dozens of volunteers - men, women and children - who were working feverishly. After the meal it started song, with trumpets and drums on the one hand and violins and lutes on the other to stir up the world.

  • Festival of Agios Konstantinos in Komiaki, Naxos

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    Komiaki (Koronida), Naxos
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    Festivals
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    Naxos

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Festival of Constantine and Helen in Komiaki, Naxos

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