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15/03/2013<strong>Art</strong>istic Parade and Street <strong>Art</strong> Performancesin the City of AthensThe artistic parade has beenpart of the official program ofthe Athenian Carnival organizedby the Organisation forCulture, Sport and Youth ofthe City of Athens. It has beenco-organized with OPANDA,the Organization for Culture,Sport and Youth of the City ofAthens.www.cityofathens.gr.The aim of this parade was tobring culture and the FestivalAnamesa Spirit to the Atheniancitizen through street artperformances and a choreographyspecially made up forthis event.Another target was to showthat Athens can be a publicspace where positive and creativethings happen. Till now,the media used to stigmatizethe principal squares of Athensby focusing only on thedifferent demonstrations andprotest actions against the political,social and economicsituation of Greece.Photography: Manon Papaioannou, Margi RentisThe will of Festival Anamesawas to counterbalancethose prejudices and to bringpeople to an open dialoguethrough art and culture.The 500 participants at theparade came from art associationsand mostly fromschools:French-Hellenic School EugèneDelacroix, 3rd HighSchool of Pallini, 3rd HighSchool of Nea Smyrni, VSAHellas, Open Door, Angelo-Skoni, 41th High School ofAthens, 2nd General HighSchool of Halandri.Photography: Manon Papaioannou, Margi Rentis
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