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Traditional Dance Festival Returns to Leros

The third Ionia Celebrations festival on Leros was to present traditional dances and folklore from Patras, Asvestochori, Rhodes and Thebes.

Traditional dancers performing at the Ionia Celebrations festival on Leros

The Leros Association of Asia Minor Greeks invited the public to the third Ionia Celebrations traditional dance festival, titled The Journey.

The event was scheduled for 9pm on Saturday 25 July 2026 in the courtyard of Bellenio Gymnasium in Agia Marina.

Performers were to present traditional dances and folklore from Patras, Asvestochori, Rhodes and Thebes.

The festival was organised with the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Leros under the auspices of the Federation of Refugee Associations of Greece.

It formed part of events honouring and remembering the organisers' Asia Minor ancestors and included texts presenting the folklore of Ionia, Caria and Leros.

Traditional dancers performing at the Ionia Celebrations festival on Leros

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