#lagadas

The fire broke out shortly before 3:00 p.m. in an agroforestry area near the Perivolaki settlement in Lagada, Thessaloniki. Ground and air forces of the Fire Brigade were immediately mobilized, specifically, 65 firefighters with 2 groups of pedestrians from the 2nd EMODE and 20 vehicles, while two helicopters are operating. Water tankers from the Region of Central Macedonia are assisting at the…

The room was dimly lit, illuminated only by a weak yellow light bulb and the flames from the fireplace. A small group of men and women, clutching the holy icons of Greek Orthodox saints, was dancing and twirling around the floor under the sound of the instruments: a Thracian lyre, a gaida, a tambourine. The dancers, surrendering to the music, had their eyes closed.

Everyone sang together:

Constantine the little one, little Constantine, His mother had him, she took care of him while he was very young, A message came for him to go to war, He saddles and horseshoes his horse in the night, He puts silver petals, golden nails and a pearl on the saddle.

Their voices carried outside into the rainy streets. A while later, in a kind of an ecstasy, they began walking barefoot on burning coals.