ARCHIVE SIMONAS KARAS / OPEN YOUR DOOR (CHRISTMAS CAROLS, NEW YEAR'S EVE, FOTON) - 2 CD + BOOK

It is with great pleasure that we present the release of an important publication that presents for the first time to the public the material collected by Simon Caras with the help of his wife Angeliki from 1958 to 1976. During these years of intense industrialization of the country, part of our musical treasure that had survived from antiquity to the 20th century began to be lost as ordinary people left their lives who had rescued from mouth to mouth a rich tradition of festive Christmas, New Year's Eve Light.

Shimon Kara and his wife, with great effort and at their own expense, traveled around Greece and recorded important traditional musicians, as well as ordinary people, actors of our popular culture. A culture characterized by love, beauty, respect, moody mood over everything but an explosive power of life, despite all the difficulties faced by the Romans over the centuries.

The Center for Research and Promotion of National Music (KEPEM) by Simona Kara has been studying and presenting to younger adults and children this musical treasure in the form of a book and two digital CDs in an elegant, high-standard edition.

The publication will be a great help for parents, teachers, musicians, researchers, catechists, actors, etc., while at the same time it will put this treasure in the mouth and ears of our children. Why else can it be stored and developed better than our own children?