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MASKS "Mask" or "Face" are archetypal form and expression in Greek popular events. The core of the Mask Research Center is the collection of 120 so far functional "face" masks from all over Greece. Based and starting from the 120 masks that we have as a personal collection, scientific knowledge, documentation and popular know-how (photos, videos, narratives, descriptions, testimonies, publications, etc.) we set up the Mask Research Center (KEM). Balkan Masks In the full-national collection of Greek masks and considering a common place of performative magico-religious actions in the area of the Balkans and the Black Sea, in recent years we have put together a collection with corresponding to the Greek masks from events and ceremonies of the inhabitants of the Balkans. The common near-temporal performance of the folk events of the Twelve Days in the Christian world of the Balkans lends a pandemic celebratory atmosphere which may seemingly differ in its particularities, but the core remains the same. Research, record, interact and present.

Shop In our small shop, the publications of the Center are available as well as objects of folk tradition.

Maps Old maps from 1450 to 1930 where the main reference point is the Aigais.

EVENTS Conferences Happenings Book Presentations News - Announcements Educational programs

Painting exhibition with works by G. Melikis at Atrion, Thessaloniki (2005) Giorgis Melikis "...when the goulian met the susourada!!! In a Turkish-Jewish inn." Bensusan Khan, Thessaloniki (2010) Painting Exhibition of Giorgis Melikis "Erotic" Ianos (2011) Byzantine Museum of Veria "Masks" Byzantine Museum of Veria "My Lady" Gallery "Eirmos" Thessaloniki "the Minotaur" Khalil Bey Mosque "All of the Walls", Kavala Byzantine Museum of Veria K.P. Cavafy "Incomplete questions something uncertain memories" Archaeological Museum of Polygyros Halkidiki "Masks" K.P. Cavafy "Remember, Body... the beds you made sideways", ART Thessaloniki Exhibition of Masks at MIET Thessaloniki Masks Art Thessaloniki Masks in Salamis LEMTH masks Masks Elafonisos 2022

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The Ethnographic Center has a particular sensitivity and orientation towards the Balkans and the Black Sea. It deals with and presents important findings from three major and popular topics. A. Anastenaria, where the natural space (konaki) is on the first floor of our Center. With special space for the konaki and the icons, we have put together a collection that is perhaps the largest inside and outside of Greece with more than 2,500 tamas of popular worship from Roman times to the present day. B. The Thracian Kalogero, a significant event of popular worship which was first recorded in 1879 by Georgios Vizyinos. The entire action with its performing troupe and its magico-religious masks in an interactive development with projections and information as it still survives in Meliki by the local Thracians from the village of Kosti in Thrace. C. Balkan Masks In the complete national collection of Greek masks and considering the area of the Balkans and the Black Sea as a common place of performative magico-religious actions in recent years, we have put together a collection with corresponding Greek masks from events and ceremonies of the inhabitants of the Balkans. The common near-temporal performance of the folk events of the Twelve Days in the Christian world of the Balkans lends a pandemic celebratory atmosphere which may seemingly differ in its particularities, but the core remains the same. Research, record, interact and present. The Giorgis Melikis Ethnographic Center - Mask Research Center has collaborated until today with exhibitions, announcements, synergies, installations with the Ministry of Culture (Archaeological Authority of Antiquities of Imathia, Halkidiki), National Bank Educational Foundation, Universities of AUT, Macedonia, Ioannina, Thessaly, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Salamina , Polygyrou, Kavala, Folklore and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, ART Thessaloniki, ERT, galleries etc. He has organized exhibitions with works by Professors of the School of Fine Arts of AUTH, an exhibition with engraving works by Vassos Katrakis, an exhibition in memory of Christos Tsolakis, an exhibition with masks at the Byzantine Museum of Veria, an exhibition with masks at the archaeological museum of Polygyros, an exhibition with masks at the Folklore Museum and the Ethnological Museum of Macedonia, an exhibition of masks at the Salamis Town Hall, an installation on the theme of Kavafis, etc.

In recent years, an association "Friends of the Giorgis Melikis Ethnographic Center - Mask Research Center" was established, which organizes important events, such as screenings and workshops, lectures, musical evenings, etc. The aim of our actions is to generate greater extroversion and cooperation and to establish that Meliki, as a sample of the Greek province, can and does achieve goals, visions and cultural projects.

Anastenaria, where the natural space (konaki) is on the first floor of our Center. With this space, the konaki and the images, we put together a collection, perhaps the largest inside and outside of Greece, with more than 2,500 tamas of popular worship from Roman times until today.

Collections Masks Anastenaria - Offerings The child in tradition My Meliki Collection of Antiquities Map Collection Donated Collections

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