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![]() ![]() Their advertisements would even appear in luxurious books written by designated authors, complemented by beautiful pictures The whole business was employed!” from 1843 to 1944), or of the German magazine ‘Signal’ (ed. Indeed, their advertisements were extraordinary, covering the whole issue of the French magazine ‘L' Illustration’ (ed. It was in this way that they asserted being the only descendants of the ancient Thracians and that Thrace which, consequently, belonged only to them. The Bulgarians claimed that they had inherited the remnants of the Dionysian mysteries related to the fire walking of Maenads, the companion nymphs of the Greek god Dionysus. This fact was faultily used as a proof to support the Bulgarian character of Thrace. The fire walking festivals were at that time practiced in only one little village of mixed Greek-Bulgarian population, on the day the Saints Constantine and Helen were celebrated. Yet, the Nestinaria ceremonial was at that time completely unknown in Greece, as similarly unknown was its original name 'Anastenaria', which is nowadays the name given to this fire walking tradition. The Turks have actually given to East Romylia the Greek name “Eastern Roumeli” (Ρούμελη, in greek) due to its pure Greek population. “Since the Bulgarians seized East Romylia (1885-1908) and for a period of nearly 25 years, they were advertising a certain ceremonial they called “Nestinaria”. In a separate related article published by a Greek newspaper (of unrecorded name and date), he recounts the whole sequence of events: The Greek "Anastenaria", Festivals of the Dionysian mysteries). Les "Anastenaria" grecs, Fêtes des mystères Dionysiaques” (The incombustibility in the Balkans. He had even written a booklet on the theme "fire walking in Greece", published by Bocca of Milano in 1953, under the French title: “ L' incombustibilité dans les Balcans. (It is estimated that he must have undertaken this initiative sometime between the years 19). To him it was a matter of high scientific and national importance. ![]() Tanagras describes in his memoirs how he succeeded to revive the secret ancient ritual of fire walking in Greece. ![]()
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