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Wanting to be freed from the shackles of modern society, some in Greece are turning to the ancient Greek gods

iNews Co UK

By Heidi Fuller-Love

December 4, 2022

Chanting, beating drums and playing pan flutes and askomadoura – bagpipes made from goat skins – the masked Dionysian revellers dance around a giant red phallus.

These revellers could have sprung from the pages of a play by Aristophanes, but the Phallephoria penis and fertility celebration – enjoyed by Athenians several millennia ago – is just one of the ancient festivals that are being revived in Greece.

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