Monday, 25 April 2011

Some videos from Corfu's Easter 2011 festivities

  Corfu Easter is famous all around Greece. It's colorfull and unique, there are bands playing everywhere and lots of things going on around town. I searched the net and I found for you a bunch of videos from this year's festivities. I invite you to experience our Easter yourself and become a part of them.


Good Friday - Pantokratoras epitaph procession





Good Friday - Mitropoleos epitaph procession: Philharmonic Society of Corfu playing Albinoni's "Adagio"








Good Saturday morning - Procession of St. Spyridon: Philharmonic Society of Corfu playing Fr. Faccio's "Hamlet"





Good Saturday morning - The first Ressurection and the throwing of the clay pots.








Drum players from the Philharmonic Society of Corfu performing  I. Thimis' "Xoano", moments after the first Ressurection




Easter Sunday - moments before midnight: the Ressurection mass and the firework show at Esplanade





More about Easter in Corfu on this blog:
- Easter in Corfu, what to see and do: http://johncorfuworld.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-in-corfu.html
- Easter 2010 - a photographic coverage: http://johncorfuworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/corfu-easter-2010-photos.html
- Easter 2008 - more photos: http://johncorfuworld.blogspot.com/2008/04/corfu-easter-2008-brief-photo-essay.html

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