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Fort Worth Greek Festival Celebrates 38 Years

By Terri Rimmer

The 38th Annual Fort Worth Greek Festival will be held Nov. 11-13 in Texas.

Hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Community Center at Jacksboro Highway and NW 21st Street.

Admission is free and will feature culture, food, Greek markets, children’s area, and more.

The St. Demetrios Greek Dancers will perform many different folk dances from various islands.

According to greek-fest.com Greek Festivals are held all over the country regularly and you can even find listings of Greek radio stations on their site.

A Greek Festival is a celebration of culture and entertainment also featuring unique exhibits. Some festivals have raffles for items such as jewelry and other crafts.

According to goGreece.about.com, almost every day is a holiday in that country.

The Brauronia Festival was dedicated to the cult of the Goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt and protector of children. Her symbols are the bow and the deer and she was the daughter of Greek Gods Leto and Zeus. In myth, she is compared to the Goddess of the Moon, according to loggia.com and known as Diana in Roman Mythology.

Panathenia was a festival held in honor of the Goddess Athena’s birthday and was one of the most important in ancient Athens.

Typical items that can be bought at Greek festivals include columns, tunics, marble, pedestal, painting, urn, vase, dress, tie, book and statue among others.

Demeter’s Festival, the Themophoria, was celebrated in Athens and other centers in Greece.

Aphrodite was connected to the festival of Apaturia.

Festivals typically celebrated the many changes in their life in ancient times.

Pomenegrates are fruits that were often featured in festivals and used to worship two of the gods.

The festivals on Delos were usually to the God Apollo.


The festival of Dionysus included back to back dramas from beginning to end.

Festivals represented a day of rest so everyone attended.

The tradition of using a baby to signify the New Year was started in the year 600 B.C. in Greece.

For more information about the Fort Worth Festival, access fortworthgreekfestival.com on the web.

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