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Running Head: GREEK CULTURE AND TRADITIONS


Greek Culture and Traditions
University of Akron
June 13, 2006

I recently attended a festival at the Greek Orthodox Church in my hometown.
Each year for about four days, the members of the church block off the streets surrounding their
church and a festival including singing, dancing, Greek food delights and other cultural events
specific to the Greek people in my town ensues.
The congregation of this church is very old and stable. The Greek population all attend
services at this cathedral and the rituals and traditions are carried on and passed down from
generation to generation. Marriages are arranged so as not to dilute the heritage and there are
even brides sent from Greece to marry the eligible bachelors of Steubenville, OH. One of my
best friends in high school belongs to this church and every year she and I meet for an evening of
eating, dancing and catching up at the festival. This year's meeting was......

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