Lazarines

Creator: CluBE|Art form: Cultural hetitage, Music, Performing arts|Knowledge valorisation : Co-creation|Place: Kozani,Greece|Location : Offline|Target group: General public|Domains: Climate Action and Environment|Duration : One-time event

Conservation and underwater acoustic research

Challenge: How to use traditional cultural heritage events to spread knowledge about climate change

The Lazarines event in Kozani, which was inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Greece, belongs to the festive events centered on the regeneration of nature. The event is performed by young girls and women on the occasion of the Resurrection of Lazarus, starting from the Saturday of the Akathisto Hymn and culminating on Palm Sunday with ritual rituals, dances, songs. This is how prosperity happens, strengthening the bonds of the community.        

Resources needed

Location for the event, experts for the dances, experts to coordinate the workshop, workshop materials.

Purpose of artistic intervention

This event includes living expressions and traditions of groups and communities they have inherited from their ancestors, including customs, music, dances and which they pass on to their descendants. In most cases word of mouth.

Positive impacts

Having in mind the importance of living expressions of Culture, but also their importance in the cultural life of the region, this event creates ways to combat Climate Change, creating Resilient Societies, through information and awareness.