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Istanbul’s Greeks Celebrated Christmas With Their Traditional “Kalanda”

Zoğrafyon Greek High SchoolIstanbul’s Greeks celebrated Christmas with their traditional “kalanda” activity where Zoğrafyon Greek High School students chanted Christmas carols on Istiklal street.

Since 2009 Istanbul’s Greek community has celebrated Christmas with a special walk on Istiklal street, singing Christmas carols and giving presents to street passers-by. The crowd has been received by Greek Consul to Istanbul and his spouse.

“Kalanda means Christmas carols in Greek,” Özcan Şabudak, Zoğrafyon Greek high school vice principal, said. “Children used to collect tips by singing carols and donate it to charity organizations.

Now we are doing the walk to motivate Istanbul’s closed Greek community to be more active. We encourage them to confront their fears and be more confident as minority citizens.”

Yani Klimentaki, an Istanbul-born Greek, said he was happy to see his community celebrate Christmas in joy even though he complained that many of his friends had to leave Istanbul due to pressure.
(source: bianet)

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