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MORE PICTURES!
I've added a 3rd and 4th page to the photo gallery. Thanks again to Bill Nicholov who took the new pictures during his recent trip in the summer of 2002 for the Ilinden festivities. Stay tuned for even more pictures from my cousin Tony in Australia! |
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Famous Macedonians from Banitsa
I've added two articles from the publication "75th Banitza Jubilee - Banitza 1911 -1986" about Peter Alousis and Sam Nitsopoulos in the Families section of the website. Take a look. |
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Stay tuned!
The Banitza Benevolent Association will be holding their annual Christmas dance this year. I have yet to find the details but I'll be sure to post them as soon as I find out. I intend to take more pictures this year too! |
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More pictures in the photo gallery!
I've added a second page to the photo gallery thanks to my Teta Anna. I've also increased the size of most pictures (better resolution), and I've added some detailed descriptions to a couple of pictures.Stay tuned as I will add some additional pictures of Banitsa courtesy of Tony Nitchov and Bill Nicholov. Enjoy! |
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In Greece, use a Game Boy, go to jail
I found this to be quite an interesting story. It turns out that the Greek Government is at it again. The Greek Government has banned all electronic games across the country. The original article quotes that if you are found breaking the law that you "will face fines of 5,000 to 75,000 euros (about $4,980 to $74,650) and imprisonment of one to 12 months". Does anybody find this amusing? The same thing happened during the occupation of Aegean Macedonia in the years following 1913. I wonder if the Greek Government will fine or imprison anybody even if they speak of playing games? Will the government send all those offenders who refuse to stop playing games to the Greek prison camps? Will the government force the Microsoft to rename their game system "Xbox-opoulos" and Sony to called theirs "Playstationassis". Or maybe the Government will claim that "Gaming Systems" are actually Greek. I can just see t-shirts with the Greek flag and the words : "Playstation is Greek" or "Xbox |
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Annual Banitza Benevolent Society Summer Picnic 2002
This year's annual Banitza Benevolent Society summer picnic was jointly held with the Gornichevo Society at Paulynn Park in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Turnout was greater than expected. The live band was playing Macedonian music for the dancing women, while the men were standing around talking politics. Click for pictures! |
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Welcome back everybody !
This has been quite the ride! I originally created this web page for everybody interested in the village of Banitsa in Aegean Macedonia (which is now unjustfully considered the village of Vevi in Greece). Whether you were a descendent or simply curious about the village, this website is here for you. Then things started getting a little hectic. The so-called "Allilovoithiticos Syllogos Vevis and Ladies Society" published a 2002 calendar with advertisers. I wrote a little blurb on what supporting this organization indirectly means along with a list of names of the advertisers and soon all hell broke loose! Wow, did I not expect this to cause such a controversy! People were complaining! Photocopies of the web page were being photocopied and an "emergency Vevi society" meeting was being held. "Lele majko, what are we going to do with this Matsedonian descendent who is telling the truth ... somebody might find out the truth behind our lies?", is what I thought might be asked at such |
