The Goodies

There were so many colorful goodies. Before we even walked into teh building where the vending was going on a happy customer came out so cheerful and joyed about her new bracelet/ring (as pictured above). The vibrant colors immediately attracted us. Alot of the clothes had metallic adornments so that when the dancers dance they could jingle. THe dance attire plays a primary role in the dance and the sound of the music. With so many beautiful things, we were lost in a rainbow galore. Unfortunately we are college students so it was an amazing shopping window shopping.

The Yummy Food

My first stop of, course was for food. I was so eager to eat some Greek flavored cuisine.


The food was awesome. I ate a gyro and some lemon and garlic fries that satisfied my hunger for the whole day.

A gyro & lemon garlic fries.
Its so interesting to me how food and music are so intertwined with culture and cultural experiences. They really help people to connect across linguistic barriers and bond through flavorful sounds as well as tastes.

Beautiful People

The volunteers were very welcoming. Although the festival took place over a couple of days the event was still filled with quite a lot of people. I enjoyed that the crowd was very diverese and people were very willing and open to learn about the Greek culture.

A welcoming atmosphere always sparks my comfortability level. I felt like the festival was similar to a guest experience at a house in which we were visitors being welcomed and comforted.

The Music

The music was very festive and communal based. A lot ofthe children were dressed up and they did a dance for us. I met the most adorable young boy who was teaching me how to say commoon phrases in Greek. One of the new words I learned was "OPA" which is basically the Greek word for what most AUC students would call "turn up". A lot of the dancers were young kids. Heres a short 30 second video of the dancing at the event.
I was really fond of how the older and younger people were both engaged in the festivites no one was left out.

We Arrived

So last Saturday's journey led me to the Atlanta Greek Festival. I never knew there were so many Greeks ina tlanta until that day. A group of friends and I from music class ventrued to the Atlanta Greek festival for our World Music Class assignment. We parked about a 10 minute walk away then hiked on up to the Festival.
I went with two awesome Music majors from Spelman, they were awesome and had such profound musical insight and goals.
We were so intrigued by the outfits that we took photos with some of the people theere. Theyw ere very excited to take photos with us and speak Greek as well.