The bride leads the dance. This is the custom in Greece where weddings take place for hours on end, even up to a whole week of celebrations. This takes place especially in the villages.
Helena
Tsavalas
Princess Rosette and the Tumbling Prince. They are characters from Helena's story.
Helena shows her book in Athens, Greece, 1938.
Those dolls were first exhibited in Paris, France between 1945 -48. The theme here is that the bride leads the dance. They are Greek dolls showing off their costumes of origin from the different 'states' of Greece.
Helena used the
puppets to show all the action
and devastation of the battlefield.
This one is called "The Hidden School". When Greece was occupied under Turkey, the Greek priest would teach the young Greek boys in caves of their Greek language so they wouldn't forget .
Christabel
Savalas Christabel
and her mother, Helena
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Updated: November 6, 2005
