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Mon, 30 May 2011 21:42:46 +0100

May 21st is celebrated in Greece as the Union of the Seven Ionian Islands in 1871, after the British had relinquished them in 1864. This involves a short religious service in the village square, the laying of olive wreathes by representatives of the local authority, dancing by the school children, and the playing of music by the village band, known as the Kythira Philharmonic. ( phil, Greek for lover of, and harmonic, being harmony! ).