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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-24
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[01] Patras carnival kicks off
[01] Patras carnival kicks off
Patras mayor Costas Peletidis declared on Saturday the official start
of the Patras carnival urging the young people to not compromise and to
claim what belongs to them.
Peletidis in his address to the people that despite the low temperatures
had flooded Georgiou square said "The best carnival in Greece has
started. The drums of peace sound tonight from Patras for the entire
world. If my the half of my heart is here, in this square, the other
half is in the Aegean, there where children die every day because of the
imperialists" he said and continued "Young people to not compromise and
claim what belongs to you, send the message to the powerful that you are
the hope, the only genuine hope of the people. Let's go together with
joy and vividness to overcome the difficulties and to have lots of fun"
The opening ceremony of the carnival was a voyage of voices, songs
and traditional music where Greece joined with Africa, Brazil, Mexico,
Cuba and Italy and concluded with the group of percussion instruments
of Athens 2004 Olympic Games and fireworks that gave special colour to
the city's sky.
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