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The Corfiots are cultured people with a great heritage of music and arts.


The island boasts no less than thirty-two philharmonic bands, and the three which are established in the town give regular outdoor concerts during the summer months.



Opera became a favourite musical form in Venetian times, and performances are greatly appreciated. As a proverb of the last century went, "to be applauded in Corfu is to be sure of international success.



The many art galleries have permanent and changing exhibitions by artists of international as well as local fame. Today, the modern theatre and various romantic outdoor locations serve as venue for a great variety of events, from rock concerts to displays of contemporary dance, from performances by the island's symphony orchestra to theatrical works of tragedy and comedy.



In Corfu the past lives in the present.
Events which have been celebrated for hundreds of years are still enjoyed, in the traditional way.



For centuries, the year has been defined by the passage of significant days and celebrations. The four annual processions of the island's patron saint, Spiridon, are well-loved occasions, and the two which occur at Easter are part of an extensive calendar of religious and cultural activities, including traditions such as the Easter Saturday morning "pot-throwing" ceremony.



Summer sees many festivals, with traditional music and dances, while succulent lambs roasting on a spit scent the warm night air. The Corfiots love festivities, but they also take their Greek Orthodox religion seriously. The basis of Orthodox dogma, established in 733 by the Emperor Leonta, who took the Church of Western Greece out of the authority of the Pope and gave it to the Patriarch in Constantinople, was still in place at the close of the 9th century.



The Episcopal Throne of Corfu, dependent until then on the Archbishopric of Nicopolis, itself became an Archbishopric, with direct dependence on the incumbent Patriarch. This period continued in the 12th century with the Golden Bull of Emanuel Comnenus I, who provided special prerogatives and tax exemptions to two groups of priests, consisting of 33 members each. The first group was a political company of 33 priests from the country who were exempted from every tax imposed by the Emperor or local authorities, could freely sell their merchandise and were exempt from forced labour. In return they had to pray for Orthodox sovereigns. They were called Lefteriotes to differentiate them from their neighbours in slavery, and from this comes the surname Lefteriotis, which is common in the Corfu countryside. The second group was the Holy Order, consisting of 32 priests of the town and one layman, who were called Pythagorians and had the same rights and obligations as the Lefteriotes.

Almost two thousand years of religious tradition is manifest in the richly endowed ecclesiastical buildings with their stunning icons, in tiny, inaccessible chapels where a candle always burns, and in the pristine, white-washed of monasteries where black-clad monks reside.

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