In the most sophisticated Cicladi island, you can participate in a true Greek wedding, complete with music, typical dances and rupture of dishes
Almost twenty -five years ago, in cinemas, the film came out “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, “My big fat Greek wedding” by Joel Zwick, who saw the Greek actress Nia Vardalos as the protagonist. Not only did he play the main role, but he had also been the screenwriter, inspired by a very personal affair: As a daughter of Greek immigrants, she had broken the rule of marrying a man of the same ethnicity, preferring one American.
Anyone who has seen the film cannot fail to remember the originality, joy and excessive bizarre of marriage. If you should think that the film has slightly accentuated an Hellenic tradition, well, you are on the wrong road, because in Greece, the vast majority of marriages, it is just like that.
In the characteristic island of Santorini, where white and blue give an even more chic touch to an island already elegant in itself and with fabulous sunsets, there is a theater, in reality more similar to a house, where every evening, a real Greek wedding is staged.
A memorable event for the Papadopoulos family, who will involve spectators in an interactive experience, in different points of the patio of their home. The first to enter the scene, or rather, the first to descend the stairs of his house, is the mother of the future married. As an authentic Greek woman, the family members will present, until the arrival of the young bride, who will be accompanied by a trail of relatives (and guests) to the wedding banquet.
A marriage with a lively Greek taste, enriched with ad hoc scenography, full of dances, music played by Bouzouki, Lyre and Tamburelli, laughter and broken dishes.
The entrance is not decidedly cheap and the banquet offered is quite expired (nothing remotely comparable to real weddings), but it compensates with fun, dance, for anyone who liked to experiment with typical dances, and above all – and the writer can confirm it from direct experience – the rite of the breakdown of the dishes. Breaking the dishes, in parties and in particular in weddings, is a tradition that dates back to ancient Greece. Reducing the terraces in enthusiasm and passion in crumbs means wishing a new beginning to the spouses full of happiness and abundance, expressing a mood of joy and gratitude for life, feeling that the Greeks define “Kefi”. No type of “invited” is immune, not even in this worthy representation: young boys, couples of more or less mature tourists, children, elegant women. If for the spectators of this fictitious marriage, the idea is certainly not to wish good life to no bridegroom, the sense of freedom is unleashed here, throwing the dishes on the floor more or less ardor. And it is to be admitted, that the satisfaction that this gesture gives, goes well beyond the price of the ticket paid, especially, knowing then, that they will not have to clean!
