Glendi, Greek Festival Week/Antipodes and folkloric issues, 1973-2002

 
Component identifier:
Series 12
Content Summary:

The Greek Festival Week was established in 1976. This event combined musical activities, theatre, films, songs, dancing and art and craft exhibitions. The event was renamed the Antipodes Festival in 1987, and its purpose was to display the cultural traditions of Greek-Australians to the Melbourne community. Two feature events were the Glendi (a street party, held in Melbourne's Greek Precinct) and the Greek Film Festival.

The Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) hosts annually the Grecian Ball in St. Kilda Town Hall. In 1973, Spiro Moraitis was involved in the organisation of the ball.

There are also papers on the Committee of Inquiry into Folklife in Australia.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was donated to the Library by Spiro Moraitis in 2002.

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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