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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-14Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Syrian family the victims of migrants boat tragedyA family of Syrian refugees from Aleppo were the victims of the migrants boat the capsized on Tuesday off the coasts of Mytilene. The father, the mother and their two children aged four and six were drowned while six other people that were on board the dinghy were rescued.Coast Guard identified the bodies after locating a floating plastic bag containing the family-members documents. Moreover, the increased flow of migrants and refugees to Greek islands in the last days raised concern to the Greek authorities. Two boats with 55 migrants arrived on Sunday, 79 people reached Lesvos coasts on Wednesday while a dinghy with 40 refugees on board arrived early Thursday. [02] Diving with skandalopetraInternational free diving competition with skandalopetra will be held on Karpathos island between 16 and 19 July.A large number of Greek and foreign divers are expected to take part in the competition aiming to break the world record. The competition is organised by Karpathos municipality and is dedicated to legendary Stathis Hatzis, a sponge diver from the island of Symi. On 14 July 1913 the Italian warship 'Regina Margarita' lost her anchor outside the port of Karpathos. The divers' attempts to find the anchor were fruitless and the captain of the ship asked the sponge divers of Kalymnos with the special diving suit called "skafandroto" to find the anchor. However, the anchor was lying at 70-80 depth and divers could not reach such depth at the time. The islanders suggested to call Stathis Hatzis from Symi claiming that he was they only one who would dare to go so deep. Hatzis dived with the skandalopetra and located the anchor at 83m depth. The skandalopetra (or simply petra, "stone") is a stone, usually of marble or granite, weighing between 8 and 14 kg, with rounded corners and hydrodynamic shape. It was the only tool used by divers, since the time of Alexander the Great. The fishermen, naked, were tied on the stone with a thin cord. The skandalopetra itself was tied on the boat with the same rope. This link allowed fishermen to dive safely for centuries. Skandalopetra diving was used until the early 60's but the diving industrialization and the fact that it was a very dangerous and difficult work led to its complete disappearance. [03] '2nd Sterna Fringe Festival' to be held on TinosThe '2nd Sterna Fringe Festival' will take place at Isternia, Tinos island, on August 5-7.'Sterna Fringe Festival' is a three day versatile festival with dance, music, theatre, talks, performances, workshops, yoga, creative activities for children, walks and exhibitions. The initiator of the festival is Ioanna Koutzoukou who loved Isternia - a beautiful village located in the western part of Tinos, overlooking Syros, Kythnos, Giaros and the western Aegean from an altitude of 310 meters. The village was named Isternia because of its many cisterns. The 1st sterna festival was organized in August 2015 by Koutzoukou's family and friends, who shared her passion for the Arts. The festival is co-organized by the Association of Isternia and is supported by Tinos Festival and the villagers of Isternia. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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