The Municipality of Aspropyrgos, as part of the “European Heritage Days 2022”, will hold an event on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at 19:00, dedicated to the award-winning work Railway Memories – Railway Memories: Pontic Memory as a Reference Point of Cultural Heritage by Emilia Bouriti.
Lyra & Vocals: Vasileios Semertzidis
Dance performance by the Pontic Association of Aspropyrgos “The Akrites of Pontos”
Presentation of the award-winning documentary Railway Memories by Emilia Bouriti at the 7th International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo Beyond Borders 2022 – where documentary meets History and Culture.
Venue: Pontic Theatre of the Municipality of Aspropyrgos, Gorytsa (near the 3rd KAPI)
Date & Time: Saturday, September 24, 2022, at 19:00
“It is a great pleasure for me to participate in the event ‘European Heritage Days 2022’ with my work RAILWAY MEMORIES – RAILWAY MEMORIES and AGRICULTURAL IMPRINTS OF ASPROPYRGOS | THE PONTIC CULTURE, which will take place at the PONTIC THEATRE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ASPROPYRGOS in GORYTSA.
The event is an opportunity for gathering, exchange, and collective journey, as well as for a meaningful encounter with Pontic culture.
I would like to especially thank the Mayor of Aspropyrgos, Mr. Nikolaos Meletios, for making this event possible, the Cultural Centre and its President Ms. Georgia Pilichou, Deputy Mayor of Social Welfare, Education, Culture & Youth Ms. Sofia Mavridis, and wholeheartedly my collaborators, the members of the Pontic community.”
Emilia Bouriti







