Mastihohoria
Culture
Greek photographer Vogiatzis shows abandoned Chios villages
The photographs of Greek artist Stratis Vogiatzis will be shown for the first time in Milan by the Hellenic Cultural Foundation and innovative Greek home furnishings company COCO-MAT, who at their Milan showroom will display 15 photographs from the...
Environment
Mastihohoria Lament 90% of Mastic Trees Swallowed by Chios Wildfire
Authorities have declared the Aegean island of Chios in a state of emergency due to a wildfire that has been raging since the early hours of Monday morning. An additional 50 men were deployed from the armed forces and...
Culture
Make a Mastiha Cocktail and Win a Trip to Chios!
Local growers on Chios, the fifth largest of the Greek islands, are famous for their mastiha production. The plant, that only grows there, has been nurtured by these people for thousands of years. Mastiha World -- the growers' mastiha...
Greece
Traditional Know-How of Cultivating Mastic in Chios Enters UNESCO List
The know-how of cultivating mastic, which is produced solely on the northeastern Aegean island of Chios, has been inscribed by UNESCO on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH).
As UNESCO describes, mastic is cultivated on...