POPULAR
ART MUSEUM The
old Gendarmerie building that was granted by the "Panagia
Aggeloktisti" Church Committee to the "Archangelos"
cultural society has been converted -with a lot of love
and artistry -to a lending library in the first floor
and to a Museum of Folkloric Art in the ground floor.
All the tools that the people
of the old days used are exhibited in the Museum. In
this -unique in its kind -Museum the visitor can encounter
from any type of item used in the households to the
most simple tools that were useful in the farming operations
of that time's farmers.
In the first hall
of the museum we can observe agricultural tools such
as wooden and iron-made ploughs, yokes for the
cattle that were used in the tilling of the
fields, and reaping hooks for harvesting.
In the first hall we can also observe traditional utensils
that were used by housewives in their homes. Subterranean
silos for cereals ("Goufa", pl. "Goufes"),
large copper pots ("lavezi", pl. "lavezia"),
and copper kettles ("Chartzi", pl. "Chartzia")
are some of the items on display.
In the second hall
there are several of the items that were used in the
professions that the community's inhabitants assumed
so as to secure their livelihood. Here we can observe
the items of the barber and
the shoemaker as well as a sewing machine.
In the third hall,
which is a traditional bedroom, we can observe an
old bed along with its traditional sofa, its
chest drawer, its carved trunk,
the gramophone, the chiffonier,
2 mirrors with wooden carving, a traditional
table with a wash-stand and a washbowl for
washing, as well as an old radio.
In the fourth hall
there is a permanent photo exhibition.
We would like to especially
thank the inhabitants of the community that
offered -and still do -whatever is possible for the
enrichment of the Museum, making the hope that the museum
is not just a simple display room for traditional items
-but something beyond that -come to life; an inseparable
part of our lives that must be constantly enriched so
as to be offered for use by the future generations.
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