Odigitis festival
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The KNE Festival and the Odigitis festival (named after the central publication of KNE and the poem of Kostas Varnalis "Odigitis"), are a series of annual festivals organized in most of the major towns and cities of Greece[1] by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), with the biggest festival occuring in Athens.
The Festival of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE Festival) is a historic institution for the youth in Greece, as it began in 1975 and has been carried out every year since then.[2] The first festival was announced on 14 August 1975 and the date when the festival happens is traditionally every September. Nowadays, it is usually organized in the Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park.
The festival is characterized by the different musicians that attend it, turning the festival into one that "boosts progressive artists".[3] There are also history exhibitions, book exhibitons, and booths with representatives from other communist youths.[4] Generally, KNE festival has a high attendance rate every year,[5] being the biggest youth festival in Greece. Also, a lot of famous musicians, like Natasa Bofiliou and Vasilis Papakonstantinou host concerts every year at the festival.
The festival has a lot of importance for the history of the organization, as is proven by the fact that despite the internal party crisis of 1989-1991 happened because of what the general secretary of KNE, Giorgos Grapsas, said at the festival, in the following years the festival played an important role in the long-term final successful reorganization of the organization.[6] Also, the organizations of KNE in different regions have differing pre-festival demonstrations,[7] where artists and high-ranking party members participate and are called to speak, among others.
References
- ^ "Οι εκδηλώσεις του 48ου Φεστιβάλ ΚΝΕ – Οδηγητή στην Κρήτη". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Αφιέρωμα στην Ιστορία των Φεστιβάλ της ΚΝΕ και του «Οδηγητή» (ΦΩΤΟ)". 902.gr (in Greek). 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Η ιστορία των Φεστιβάλ της ΚΝΕ". euro2day.gr. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Σημείο αναφοράς για τη διεθνιστική δράση και αλληλεγγύη η Διεθνούπολη (ΦΩΤΟ)". 902.gr (in Greek). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Η πρώτη μέρα του φεστιβάλ της ΚΝΕ- Οδηγητή". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Γκιόκας, Αντώνης (2019-09-18). "Την Πέμπτη (19/9) ανοίγει τις πύλες του το 45ο Φεστιβάλ της ΚΝΕ". ΕΘΝΟΣ (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Προφεστιβαλική δραστηριότητα από την ερχόμενη βδομάδα". 902.gr (in Greek). 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-09-21.