The soldiers of the grant defender standing watch astatine Syntagma Square successful beforehand of the Greek authorities gathering today were dressed successful traditional costumes of the Greeks of Pontus.
Today, May 19, is the 107th day of the representation of the victims of the genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, which was officially recognized successful 1994 by the Greek Parliament.
The genocide of the Pontic Greeks (Greek: Γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων του Πόντου,) – the deliberate carnal demolition of the indigenous colonisation of humanities Pontus, carried retired by the authorities of the Young Turks and continued by the Kemalists during the play 1914-1923 successful the Ottoman Empire.
Today astatine the Monument to the Unknown Soldier connected Syntagma Square there were galore radical who witnessed the spectacular changing of the defender to the sounds of the Pontic lyre. Passers-by applauded the presumption of the station by the “Pontic Evzones”*.
Evzones (Greek: εύζωνες ή εύζωνοι “well-girt”, from ευ- + ζώνη “belt”) is an elite unit of the Greek service that primitively emerged arsenic airy infantry during the Greek War of Independence successful the aboriginal 19th century. Evzonov formed chiefly from highlanders. Since 1833 they became portion of the regular army, and since 1940 they served successful airy infantry units and successful the royal guard.
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