ΚΑΛΗ ΠΡΩΤΟΜΑΓΙΑ!

Καλό Μήνα με στεφάνια και λουλούδια, και κοινωνικούς αγώνες! The first of May is celebrated with wreaths of flowers on Greek doors, and various activities relating to the working class movement in Greece, a sort of Greek labour day. Below is what is known as the "Greek Pieta", a mother lamenting her son, killed in the 1936 demonstration in Salonica, on May 1rst. The image inspired Greek poet Giannis Ritsos to write his Epitaph, which was later put into music by Mikis Theodorakis. Listen HERE.