The
New Orleans Greek Festival
By
Phil
LaMancusa
The New Orleans Greek Festival is held on the Memorial
Day weekend May 26th -28th, 2017
and presented by the Holy Trinity Cathedral located at 1200 Robert E.
Lee Blvd and that’s the first thing that you need to know. The second thing
that you need to know is the word Efharisto (eff-kaar-EEs-toe!) and you need to be able to say it all in one breath;
repeat after me Efharisto!!! The word is Greek and the meaning is “Thank You!” and
you’ll want to say it often and with vigor as you attend New Orleans equivalent
of the painting ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte’ by Georges
Seurat (g’wan, look it up). It’s a family thing, an eating, drinking, dancing,
milling about, lounging, laughing, smiling music thing.
For
the kids there is a playground with a climbing wall, face painting, crafts and
one of those bouncy tent things where you allow the little darlings to work off
all of the extra steam that they seem to wake up with. Kids twelve years old
and under have free admission (the rest of us kids pay $7.00).
There
is live (Greek) music and dancing in the Hellenic step/style; you can come and
show your stuff, learn or just watch and be amazed by what you see. There is
free offsite parking, about a half a mile down the road, with shuttle buses to
and from the event or you can park on the roadway to get in closer.
You
can rent canoes for bayou cruising, there are contests, raffles and even a
‘Toga Sunday’ pageant with prizes. There are tours given of the Cathedral that
allow you view artifacts of the faith.
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