Αργοστόλι
Argostoli
Κεφαλονίτικη Ζωή
Kefalonian Life
Συνεντεύξεις
Earthquake
Πρακτικές
Aftermath
Ζωντανές Αντανακλάσεις
Living Reflections
Evropi Moschona Karkavela Maragaki
“I was born in 1946. A difficult time between two unfortunate historical events, the kind of events that bring destruction, death and misery, as Thucydides says, i.e. WWII and the Civil War. On top of the end of these came the earthquake of 1953, a landmark event, and ever since we talk about time in Kefalonia using the terms “before” and “after” the earthquake.
In this village I lived the first seven years of my life. In September 1953 we moved to Argostoli, where I live until today. I was away some years for my studies and returned here. I worked for 36 years in Secondary Education.”
In this village I lived the first seven years of my life. In September 1953 we moved to Argostoli, where I live until today. I was away some years for my studies and returned here. I worked for 36 years in Secondary Education.”
Evropi Moschona Karkavela Maragaki
“In every house, big or small, living was simple… Bread was baked in the ovens every 15 days or so. The clothes were washed by our mothers in the river and, often, children would go along. In general, we participated in all activity…The children owned very few things... but we also felt happy with small and insignificant things, like a pencil. We created our toys and games by ourselves. But we played… we played a lot. The neighborhoods were buzzing with our happy laughter.”
Anneta Zafirakopoulou
“We had a quiet life. My father would go every morning to the fields, as he was a farmer, my mother would deal with the houdehold, and me and my sister would go to the school and later play in the yard.”
Aspasia Stamatelatou
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“(Life in Kefalonia in early 1950s) “At that time the island was a very quiet social life. People were kind, social, very sensitive to the needs of others, very close together. They liked singing, especially the kantades, traditional folk chants. Some of the locals were farmers, some others sailors, while many chose to emigrate to other countries for a better life. It was a very nice life.
I went to school from Korianna to Spartia on foot. It was very far, but it was fun for us to and what I remember from school, which was just a single class of pupils of all ages with one teacher, was that on the sunny days in the spring our teacher would take us out to the yard under the trees and we had a lesson.””
I went to school from Korianna to Spartia on foot. It was very far, but it was fun for us to and what I remember from school, which was just a single class of pupils of all ages with one teacher, was that on the sunny days in the spring our teacher would take us out to the yard under the trees and we had a lesson.””
Evropi Moschona Karkavela Maragaki
“The inhabitants lived off agriculture and animal husbandry. We, the children, participated in the struggle for survival throughout the year, with each season presenting its own needs and opportunities (planting, plowing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, etc.). This was a gift of life from nature because we took not only the first lessons of survival, but also our first knowledge, and cultivated skills that later proved valuable to us.”
Evropi Moschona Karkavela Maragaki
“My village was then the second in Kefalonia in terms of population... Churches, such as Sotiras and Panagia, and the small chapel of Ag. Spyridonas on the mountain, as well as the large, well-designed elementary school –at that time with as many as 80 to 100 students– they all played a big role in what we call the cultural life of a place.”
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