"Kom
mai du skjønne
milde, gjør
skogen atter grønn.."
- en skjønn sang og jeg har den
i den eneste boken jeg har med meg fra Bolteløkka Skole, i Oslo;
Folkeskolens sangbok av
Gjermund Hulaas, Rolv Nordal og Hans Stordal,
Cappelen, Oslo 1960
1. Mai er en stor dag
også i Hellas.
Her er det blomsterfestival såvel som arbeiderenes dag.
Dagen har vært feiret i fortiden,
og har skikker som har fulgt
med inn i vår tid.
Mange av disse skikker er fordi maidagen er en kvartalsdag, den faller halvveis mellom sommer-solhverv og
vårjevndøgn.
En dag hvor de fleste dekorerer sin inngangsdør, sin bil, sin
båt, sin sykkel, sin kalivi, sin ...
- med en blomsterkrans.
En dag hvor familien er samlet,
en dag som kanskje er den siste fridagen før sesongen starter.
Jeg vet at hele familien til "min" kolonial skal til
Milia stranden, hvor de skal grille, spise, drikke, synge og kose
seg. Kankje danse også! Men ikke bade, tror jeg!
En venn i "Ameriki", fra
Skopelos, fortalte meg at hans mor minnet ham om at hver 1. mai da
de var små, lavet de "Kålaiines" - kranser
av hvite prestekraver -
som de
hadde i håret.
I storbyene er det mye demontrasjoner, mens
her er det herlig stille, såvidt jeg vet!
2008; Vi dro til Agnondas og hadde en herlig
lunch i solen på stranden.
Kan det være bedre?
Mye folk ute, mange greske familier, alle koste seg, tror jeg!
Er det noe bedre for barn og ungdom en å leke på stranden?
38,- € - ca NOK 304,-
for 2 tzatziki, 1 skordalja, 1 salat,
2 sprøstekt squasj, 2 hjemmelavde, nydelige kjøttboller, 1 vann
og 4 halvlitere Mythos.
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"Come
May sweat and mild,
make the fields green again ..."
- a wonderful song that is written in my Songbook from school, the
only book I have left from my early school days in Oslo.
In Norway it did not always mean spring in May, could still be
cold days, but here it is lovely spring!
The 1st of May
is a big day in Greece. Here it is a Spring Festival as well as
Greek Labor Day.
The day has ancient origins
and many of the customs has survived into modern times.
Many of the customs are due to May day being a cross-quarter-day,
meaning that it falls approximately halfway between a solstice and
an equinox.
A day when most decorates their entrance door, the car, the boat,
the bicycle, the kalivi, the ...
- with a wrath of flowers.
A day when the family is gathered for maybe the last holiday
before the season starts.
I know that "my" grocery shops family is going to Mila
Beach, where they will have a BBQ, they will enjoy themselves,
eating, drinking, singing, dancing, but I do not
think swimming.
A friend in "Ameriki",
from Skopelos, told me that his mother had remembered him that
every 1st of May when they were small, they made "Kolaiines" - wraths of white
daisies - that they had on their heads.
Demonstrations in the big
cities, but nice and quiet here, as fare as I know!
2008; We went to Agnondas and
had a lovely lunch in the sun on the beach. Anything better?
Many people out, many Greek families, all enjoying themselves.
Is there anything better for
children and youngsters than to
play on the beach?
38,- € for the lunch; 2
tzatziki,
1 skordalja, 1 salad, 2 deep fried squash slices, 2 homemade,
lovely meatballs, 1 water and 4 half liters bottles of Mythos.
In Oslo 1/2 liter of beer costs from 54,- NOK - about 7,- € at a
cafe/restaurant.
Here I think you can have one from 2,- €, but mostly a bit more.
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