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26/12/2023

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you, beautiful people!

We wish you to enjoy precious moments with your special people during the most festive time of year!

In Greece, there are plentiful customs and traditions around Christmas, all deeply rooted in Greek history and culture.

Christmas is linked all around the world to the ancient tradition of decorating trees with countless ornaments and beautiful lights. However, an old traditional custom on Greece’s islands and its coastal regions dictates that people should decorate a boat rather than an evergreen tree at Christmastime, called ''Karavaki'' which in Greek means small boat.

The tradition of the “Karavaki,” which is Greek for “small boat,” is deeply rooted in the folkways of a country with a symbiotic relationship to the sea.

In fact, it is safe to say that on many Greek islands, the boats decorated for Christmas still remain the most popular symbol of this beautiful holiday season.

May your hearts be filled with warmth and your smiles bright!

Love and warmest wishes,

Boat.gr Team

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Caryatids, the "daughters of Athens» epitomized the idealized notions of harmony, balance, and nobility in Ancient Greek architecture.

They were an evolution of the earlier korai statues of both male and female figures prevalent throughout the Archaic period and used as columns in Ionian architecture. Caryatids were used in gates, facades, cornices, friezes, roofs and more.

Similarly, to Korai, these women stand tall and straight. Unlike Korai, they were created in High Classical style with a graceful contrapposto stance and detailed vertical drapery mimicking the vertical fluting of the Ionic columns.

In ancient architectural art, especially in the Ionic order, the columns were often replaced by a lustrous female figure.

The classic form of Caryatid is dressed in simple but flattering veils and sleeves. She has straight and sloping trunks, and her legs are either both closed or one of them slightly forward. The hands are to the side and down, sometimes holding a tribute in one hand.

The most famous Caryatids are the Caryatids of Erechtheion, the most sacred building on the Acropolis.

A complex marble building, it is a brilliant example of the Ionic order. The eastern part of the temple was dedicated to the worship of Athena, the patron goddess of the city, while the western part was dedicated to Poseidon-Erechtheus from whom the temple got its name.

All six of the Caryatids look very similar, but on closer inspection, one will notice that each one is unique!

Their hair is long and tied in a different manner for each elaborate hairstyle and each one was painted on the surface in a different color, which though faded in the course of time.