Polyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting… (Greece)
Nomination: Register of Good Safeguarding Practices 2020
EN: Polyphonic Caravan disperses its events in natural places setting outdoor folk festivals, giving life to the villages in its passage. It parallelly encourages the older interpreters to sing again. Ktismata ensemble singing during Caravan’s event in Xirovaltos village, Epirus, Greece
EN: In every village, the members of the Polyphonic Caravan’s Polyphony Workshop apprentice songs directly by the local interpreters. The procedure is recorded enriching the Polyphonic Song Archive. Young fellow travelers learning next to women of Kefalochori (Loupsiko) village, Epirus, Greece
EN: The seasonal Polyphonic Caravans are devoted mainly to the collective field-based recordings. Recording with two emblematic interpreters inside their house in Parakalamos village, Epirus, Greece. The hostess decorated her room with a Caravan’s older poster picturing herself
EN: One of the most wonderful moments at the peak of every polyphony fest is when the younger accompany with their song the dance of those by whom they have learned. Young Polyphonic Caravan’s ensemble singing in Paramythia, Epirus, Greece
EN: Polyphonic Caravan’s events peak with big circular dances. Everyone stands next to each other, as in the polyphonic song itself, like links of the same chain. Event at the threshing floor of a deserted village. Palia Sagiada, Epirus, Greece
EN: Polyphonic Caravan 'uses' ways which draw upon the character of the polyphonic song, turning every meeting into a celebration, deepening the links between its fellow travellers and the experiential interpreters. Celebration during a Caravan’s visit in Polytsani village, Albania
EN: The Polyphonic Caravan took the initiative for the establishment of the 'World Day of Polyphonic Song', with collectively self-organized celebrations in various cities and countries. The second celebration of the 'Day' in front of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece
EN: The field-based recordings constantly enrich the Polyphonic Song Archive which in its turn supports the Polyphony Workshops function, thus completing a 'circuit' of Polyphonic Caravan’s action. Audiovisual archival material is being used in Polyphony Workshop’s seminar in Chios island, Greece
EN: At the peak of the Great Polyphonic Song Festivals, the different polyphonic groups join each other by communally singing, feeling members of the same Polyphony Community, which thanks to Polyphonic Caravan constantly develops. Singing all together, Petra Theatre, Athens, Greece
EN: The function of more and more Polyphony Workshops is a main priority for the Polyphonic Caravan. The pioneer among them, the Workshop of 'Fivos Anogianakis' Center of Greek Music, constitutes a permanent point of departure and return for the Caravan
