A living geography · 2 discoveries

Rethymno

A chapter of Crete.

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A woman inside an improvised hut during the Panagia Charakiani pilgrimage.

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Pilgrimage of Panagia Charakiani

Panagia Charakiani, Rethymno

For the first fifteen days of August, pilgrims live beside the icon of the Virgin Mary in improvised huts near Panagia Charakiani, creating a temporary community of faith and memory.

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Black and white photograph of Nikos Papalexakis playing the Cretan lyre inside his workshop in Rethymnon, Crete.

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Nikos Papalexakis, the Lyre Maker of Rethymnon

Rethymno → Crete

Inside a small workshop in Rethymnon, Nikos Papalexakis keeps the craft of the Cretan lyre alive through wood, sound and patient hands.

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