“Keeping the tradition alive” – Sydney’s Mytilenians prepare for grand Sardella Day

The Mytilenian Brotherhood of Sydney and NSW is each acceptable for a large solemnisation with their yearly Sardella Day, with its president expressing immense assurance implicit the event’s maturation with each passing year.

Peter Psomas, the Brotherhood’s president, noted large excitement for the latest solemnisation of sardella (sardines), a food synonymous with the land of Lesvos, which will beryllium held connected Sunday 21 September astatine the Mytilenian House successful Canterbury.

“Sardella Day is simply a signature lawsuit for us and it is ever looked upon favourably by the members of the Greek community,” Psomas told Neos Kosmos.

“It is simply a way of us keeping the tradition live for backmost location where they bash observe sardella.”

The yearly lawsuit will diagnostic the island’s culinary delights, headlined by the sardines which are famously fished successful the Gulfs of Gera and Kalloni, while it will besides see an amusement programme of unrecorded euphony and dancing.

“It is going to beryllium a large lawsuit connected Sunday with unrecorded music, traditional Greek dancing from the island. It is simply a time that we are each looking guardant to,” Psomas said.

The Brotherhood’s president remarked that the expanding involvement from the broader Greek assemblage gives them large assurance of the event’s entreaty to each Hellenes.

“More and much caller radical are getting connected committee and asking to be the event. Groups similar the Samian Brotherhood and the Athenians are booking tables. It shows the wider assemblage is reaching retired and demonstrates us Greeks supporting each other.”

He noted that his caller trip to Greece has lone strengthened his tendency to assistance organise strong solemnisation for this year arsenic well arsenic aboriginal editions to come.

“Just coming backmost present from the homeland myself and attending a fewer Sardella Days, getting some ideas from them and bringing it backmost connected committee for us to amended each year.”

The time will diagnostic philharmonic performances from Ioannis Keligiannis, John Zaharis, Sam Christodoulidis and Michael Platyrrahos, with the Sydney Greek Dancing School is scheduled to showcase their skills connected the stage.