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Book Presentations I. Moschopoulos " Rumlouki (Campania) during the late Ottoman rule (1830-1900), 2019 "MASKS" Giorgis Melikis Collection. Photos by Dimitris Louzikiotis. Folklore & Ethnographic Museum of Macedonia-Thrace, 2019

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.

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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.

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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.

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The purpose of the "Ethnographic Center Giorgis Melikis - Mask Research Center" is the research, finding, evaluation, processing, enrichment, utilization and promotion of the single and integral body of our primary oral and artistic folk tradition, with procedures based on principles, rules and values beyond any casual commercialization. In particular, the approach with historical and aesthetic sensitivity of the thousands of personal and other on-site authentic records, which constitute the basic trusts and at the same time the diverse trunk of a long-standing intellectual, scientific and artistic research that moves at the limits of collective memory. The basic purpose is also that all this material processed, whether in primary form or enriched, returns through various technical means such as books, records, concerts, exhibitions, productions, etc. to the creator of the people. The purposes include, by way of indication and not limitation, the organization of concerts, workshops, conferences, training seminars, indoor and outdoor exhibitions with school visits, etc. as well as the editing of books, magazines and publications related to the subjects of our primary oral and artistic folk tradition. The connection with University andTechnical Foundations, Institutes or Research Centers abroad with the aim, through the exchange of persons, experiences, knowledge, materials and opinions, to improve the research and comparative field. To achieve its goals, the "Ethnographic Center Giorgis Melikis - Mask Research Center" cooperates with respective Centers or Organizations, scientific Societies or publishing houses, natural or legal persons of private or public law in Greece or abroad. At the same time, there is also the "Mask Research Center" whose purpose is to collect, research and study mainly the Greek folk mask, but also those of other countries. "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.

Periodicals : Exhibition of Contemporary Art Professors and teachers of the School of Fine Arts, A.P.Th. ( 2011), Meliki Exhibition with engraving works by Vasos Katrakis, Meliki (2012) Christos Tsolakis "Nekyia"- Painting exhibition, books, publications, documentaries, Meliki (2013) Political Cartoons, Vassilis Christodoulou- Nikos Terzis (2014), Meliki "Alexander & Rigas - The Map of Riga", authentic Maps for Imathia and antiques 1750-1830, 2021 Meliki Είμαστε χαρούμενοι! Μία ακόμη ενδιαφέρουσα συνέργεια εγκαινιάζει το Εθνογραφικό μας Κέντρο. Μετά την συνεργασία μας με το πανεπιστήμιο Climent Ohridski της Σόφιας, σειρά έχει το κορυφαίο πανεπιστήμιο Sapienza της Ρώμης, Laboratorio Studi Neogreci Mirsini Zorba και θέμα «Κρεβάτια. Από τον Κ.Π. Καβάφη στον Γ. Ιωάννου και στο ολοκαύτωμα». Η ελληνική ποίηση-λογοτεχνία μέσα από εικαστική-installation προσέγγιση! Πρόκειται για μία από τις συλλογές του Εθνογραφικού μας Κέντρου, η οποία σύντομα θα ταξιδέψει και σε άλλες χώρες της Ευρώπης, αλλά και στην Ελλάδα.