The dancing soldiers of Athens |
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- A must-see in Athens is the changing of the guard. It’s maybe one of the most unique of its kind in the world. The Evzones, who make up the Greek Presidential Guard, guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 24 hours a day in front of the Greek Parliament. The changing of the guard takes place on the hour, every hour - it’s a real spectacle!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subscribe to DW Travel
/ dwtravel
Would you like to find out more about DW Travel?
▸Website: dw.com/travel
▸Facebook: dw.travel
▸Instagram: dw_travel
DW Travel is showing you the captivating world of travel. Come along with us to regions and cities in Germany, throughout Europe and to far-away destinations.
#evzones #greece
It's a 3 hour guard, completely motionless, not an 1 hour one. These conscripts are working out well to withstand this physically demanding task. Btw, it's an honour to serve one's duty in this department.
No way it’s a 3 hour. Probably you haven’t even watched a guard change. It’s one hour otherwise they are in danger of heart disease due to circulation issues. Look how slowly they perform all these moves in order to avoid exactly these issues. Also one hour motionless standing at freezing cold Athens in Winter or at extreme heat wave poses a lethal danger for them.
@@Rousseau4469 I havent watched ? lol Since my very early age, I have being watching the guard change and feeding the pigeons there. I am an Athenian, born and raised one. These are selected soldiers - volunteers, reguralry exercising (mostly jogging -running) to be able to withstand all the 3 hour standing, winter and summer time, no matter what.
@@Rousseau4469 Im greek and im pretty sure its 3 hours.
@@D0M1N4NCE So they do 1 hour at a time for four times in the day of their duty. Morning noon afternoon and evening.
@@nikosz66 propably you watched it very back in time maybe even before dictatorship in Greece where they didn't really care of how their service will affect on them. There's a lot of water passed by that bridge since then and at least since the 80's they serve 1 hour at a time 4 times the day they guard. Not 2 hours not 3 hours no 4 or more. It's inhuman. And in the extreme conditions those officers that are closely are responsible to take care them as best as possible.
Traditions and symbolism. Every piece of the uniform and every movement the guards make has a meaning, and a link to the past. They are guarding, not just a physical area, but all of democracy and those that fought for freedom.
And the shoes, τσαρούχια (tsarouhia), are very heavy. Respect for these people who have chosen this way, they are making proud Greece, all the heroes who have fought in the past and every greek family. 🇬🇷☦️❤
The irrelevant music has ruined this video.
Cry about it
YOU are the one crying. Keep crying. It is free and you can harm only yourself. HA HA HA @@Jamesfrancosdog
Fr
Yes It's Asian!!!
@@depyk7989 Your brain is Asian.
There is something so amazing about so much culture, identity, and history being packed into a simple change of a guard.
Why it feels like bro's making fun of our traditions ? Man , DO U EVEN KNOW HOW THOUGH ALL THIS IS ? They're under the sun for 1 hour without moving , eating or drinking anything only to give u the chance to call them " balarinas " . Pardon me if all this was rude etc but respect our ancestors and our traditions . Go call ur own country's march a " ballet performance "
- AL_Kon
It's not leggings, it's not a skirt and not ponpoms. Be more respectful please. Thank you
Isow w sjsiiwiwisiewioqoqduiiioo i wygraj wejściówki ufundowane zostały tak nie
Thank you for this...I am Greek
Its really not that rude i mean it kinda is true although i am greek u got nad for no reason
@@Also_me-v5v όχι φίλε μου...διαφωνώ στο for no reason που λες. Είναι αγένεια να θίγεις και να προσβάλεις κάτι τόσο ιερό για μια χώρα...γιατί είναι ιερό. Είτε είσαι δεξιός, είτε είσαι αριστερός
@@kostas0000 ναι σωστός αλλά μια στολή δεν είναι ξέρω ιεροί οι εύζωνες και νομίζω οι στολές φτιάχτηκαν για το 1821 αλλά που να ξέρει και ο Άγγλος Αμερικανός τι είναι πώς ονομάζουμε εμείς κάτι δεν υπάρχει λόγος να νευριάζεις για κάποιον που δεν ξέρει
Their uniform is beautiful.
ΑΠΌΛΥΤΟΣ, ΣΕΒΑΣΜΌΣ.
Mesmerizing movement
looks goofy, but I will show big respect to these guys.
Winston Churchill said "Greeks are not fighting like heroes...heroes are fighting like Greeks"
That is for all of you that make fun about skirts, ballet and pompons
I am Greek and so proud of that!!
And you were defeated by the Turks with Churchill and his entourage, who praised you
Proud 💙🇬🇷
MAGNIFIQUE ❤❤❤❤
Very rude illiterate and uncivilized words on this garbage title..
Be respectful
L'ignoranza è ahimé stupida e volgare. Lei sta parlando della culla della civiltà occidentale, sii rispettoso e studi mi raccomando
Τι εννοεί ο ποιητής;;
Mille grazie
❤🙏🇬🇷
🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷👍👍👍
Fancy
Almost like watching ballet Very funny you probably don't know why they are dressing like this and you are disrespecting them.
We show you the evzones not out of disrespect, but because we think they represent a beautiful Greek tradition.
Δεν ντρέπεσαι
@@DWTravel Well next time, please, try to find more depth about the history of evrozones instead of saying simple facts that can be easily noticed.
wearing trousers is really recent in global history and was imposed in the middle ages during war. All men around the world wore short skirts and women wore long skirts. It is scientifically proven that men need ventilation around the testicles and women need warmth around the womb, so that they're both fertile. So what we're living now is the joke, because it's contrary to nature.
@@DWTravel it's not a tradition... it's history! Those "uniforms" are full of blood from the war!!
non c'è da stupirsi che con uniformi come queste il comandante in capo dell'esercito italiano Ugo Cavallero decise di arruolarsi nell'esercito nel 1940. stava pensando 🤔 di non farlo e poi qualcuno gli mandò una foto di queste uniformi e subito lui ha detto di mandare l'esercito 😂
Άιντε ανόητε αγραμματε. Να κοροϊδεύεις τη δική σου χώρα..
No self-respecting soldier would wear a skirt.
I am usually proud to be Greek... usually
??
@@user-qn7qz3dp9m Because they look goofy
Sizin Anıtkabir’deki deli gibi bağıran Çağıran bodur robotlardan çok daha iyi😂😂😂
Onlardan biride bendim 1.94 boyum var gel de sana boduru göstereyim , o biraz daha aşağıda😂
@@_Redronin_ İstinalar, kanunu ispatlar.
Kaç kere Anıtkabire gittin. Oradaki en kısa boylu asker 1.85 metredir. Üstelik bizim hiçbir askerimiz etek ve palyaço ponponları ile nöbet beklemiyor.... 😂😂😂
This inclusivity stuff has reached way over board
🇬🇷🤝🏴: Men wear skirt
🇬🇷🇬🇷💪👌
Sigh… I tried but simply can’t but cringe. 😅
I didn't know greeks were so brown.
We learn from horses. Horses don't learn from us
Παντοδύναμε Δία, είναι τιμή από μόνο του να βλέπεις τόσο έντιμους κυρίους.
We are not Pagans we are Orthodox
The world's first gay army 💪 proud 🇬🇷
@@katerinatsoliakou235giatí?
Emil goran these soldiers make cebap your grandfather at tripolitsa
@@user-mp2rm8et9m I will not be like you. I am not a barbarian, you are an uncivilized country, believe me, you are no different from Armenia and the Arabs. I am a man of conscience. But I only know what the Albanian pashas did in Greece. and what was done to millions of Pontians and Greeks. But I don't talk about these things because I'm civilized. You are not on my level. How sad it is for us that we don't have a single civilized neighbor.
...? All the internet zombies with no brain neither clue in education and one "joke" that becames their whole identity strangely gathered around here
@@CengizNokerHe is Turk. Ignore him.
Αφηστε να ξέρει η φρουρά κύριοι
It just yoga rather than dancing
I don't want to mess with them. They look very dangerous with the skirts and pom-pom shoes they are wearing.
😆
Back then Ottomans thinking the Evzones are women because of this uniform. It was a trap 😂and it worked 😂
I mean, technically turks lost against greeks with this uniform, i think they were not sarcastic when the pom-pom with the blade hidden was cutting their stomach and throat.
@@thepilgrim7467 Thanks, but the Turks now know the secret. But if they wear lingerie next time, Turks may find themselves trapped again.
@@mustafakemalpasha983 Muahhahhahahh🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think they dress like this to swim more comfortably
Looks mickey mouse
...from spartans to this?
? ... this video is stupid , u should see them up close they are all strong , disiplined and minimum height of 187cm/6'2. And as for the uniform it was pretty standard throughout europe to wear something similar to this for hundreds of years (16th to 19th century) , see scotish , polish , albanian etc. traditional dress and its pretty similar . Furthermore the irrelivant music in the background just makes it look stranger than it is.
You don't even know history.
@@idk13539ότι να ναι
Who are you? Critizing other cultures with that confidence? Who do you think you are?
You are clearly very uneducated, uncouth & Pedestrian. Do your research.
Read a book.
Whitest Greeks
Turkey glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou glou
Ponpon Girls 😂
This is a country that has existed for over 5000 years, your mix country has been there for 999 years, and your soldies always wear leather red thongs,
Your grandma and your mums liked the ponpon boys back in the 1919 when they were next to Ankara, ask your grandmothers whos grandaddy 🦃😘🦃😘
Will you still laugh after they shoot you
wearing trousers is really recent in global history and was imposed in the middle ages during war. All men around the world wore short skirts and women wore long skirts. It is scientifically proven that men need ventilation around the testicles and women need warmth around the womb, so that they're both fertile. So what we're living now is the joke, because it's contrary to nature.
Show some respect.
It would be interesting to watch them fight with the Swiss guard.
I was just there a week ago haha, pretty fun to watch. They even got their officer (I guess) inspecting them at the end, straightening their uniform and wiping their forehead (the sun in Athens was a killer even in April) xD
If you find it funny you are showing no respect for the traditions of others when they honour the unknown soldier. Shame on you!
Yes jealous !! a country with zéro culture...mericans...🙄🙄😒😒
Why didn’t you share your feelings with them to see what happens?
Ah....here we go.. tourists....
That maybe a skirt, but a skirt ready for the italians to be beaten
That outfit: ponpons, legging and mini skirt, summarizes the Greek army.
Not at all. These was the choise of the first monarch of Greece since early forms of the costume existed earlier from 14th century BC.
@@Rousseau4469 You could argue they can change it right ? Why didnt they do it it looks ridiculous.
@@baybarshan2500 then the Scotch people who all dress with skirts are all ridiculous. Right? What they wear it seems as a skirt but it isnt. If you don’t see them wearing their gear you won’t understand what it is they have on them. Their shoes only weight 3 kilos each because of the thick leather and of at least 60 iron nails they have on the bottom. And their moves may seem ridiculous but they have hidden symbolism’s. Like when they stop their leg mid air in a 90 degree angle. Then they form the number 4 inverted which is the first digit of the 400 years of slavery by the Ottomans. Also when crossing each other with their rifles at 45 angles they stop momentarily and then they form the letter X. Middle letter of OXI. In total there are 5 costumes of Evzon’s from 5 areas of Greece. Most usual are 2 of them but there are another 3 for certain days representing local anniversaries. If you look also at the guards of the queen or king of England they don’t exactly wear trousers. Aren’t they ridiculous. And that tall hat of theirs makes them even more ridiculous if you are examining it by these criteria.
@@baybarshan2500 also pompon was the hiding place of a very small tiny extremely sharp blade which when used to the enemy in hand to hand combat threw him off guard allowing the Evzon to always win his opponent.
@@Rousseau4469 Agreed the Kilt that Scottish clansmen wore is also ridiculous. Men are not supposed to wear skirts.
This stuff is dumb, an antiquated guard that most likely wouldn't be used to protect anyone just to imitate the English King's Guard - which are equally as useless??? 😂
these guards existed centuries before the british guard lmao. They're also all above 1,90 cm tall and stronger, more trained than normal soldiers
Εμείς τιμούμε τους νεκρούς μας. Σας δώσαμε δημοκρατία. Μάλλον πρέπει να μάθετε από εμάς παραδόσεις.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🇹🇷
🐺
🤘
This is a country that has existed for over 5000 years, your mix country has been there for 999 years, and your soldies always wear leather red thongs,
@@Mona.Lisa1503 😁😁😁
@@Mona.Lisa1503 It's a big lie; we didn't come from Central Asia but we gone to Central Asia, too.
PS: ,,Odin was a Turk and the Turks are our forefathers!"
(Prof. Dr. Sven LagerBring, Swedish historian / ex president)
@@atasubata That's exactly the difference between Greece and Turkland, we have a history of more than 5000 years, because your current soil where you live is Greek, and you're still looking for (Prof. Dr. Sven LagerBring, your story, you don't have that, you know and everyone on this EARTH..Happy New Year..
That's exactly the difference between Greece and Turkland, we have a history of more than 5000 years, because your current soil where you live is Greek, and you're still looking for (Prof. Dr. Sven LagerBring, your story, you don't have that, you know and everyone on this EARTH..Happy New Year..😇😇😇😇😇😇
Goofy ahh guard
mereka berharap musuhnya bs terhibur
Why do Greeks like Egyptians more! In 1995, a Balkan concert was held in Slovenia, I asked the Greek orchestra, don't you be from Kairoua, no, we are Greeks, they say, their faces are more like Arabs, beards, curly hair and facial expressions! someone He told me that they came to Greece in the 1900s when there was a population exchange! The Lausanne Treaty
Because most of us are just ethnic egyptians who become greek due to our Orthodox religion
Before the 1920’s the majority of the Greek population lived outside Greece. There were native Greek populations from modern day Turkey and Ukraine to Italy and Egypt
@@supermavro6072 hate to break it to you but if you were an Orthodox Christian from Egypt then your ancestors were most probably Greek. The actual ethnic Egyptian Christians were the Copts
@@supermavro6072
Most of you turkalbanians are ethnic Egyptians? I always thought you were a Turkish tribe... 🤔
Respect
ТЬФУ...
На тебя
Странно почему хачики и сиктирвелики до сих пор не придумали себе такую же хрень с юбками и помпушками...😆
Как можно идти на дело в таком прикиде ? Ведь слово грек по английски означает просТо - ВОР ?!
@@mecgh7dfjpw5ddt по английски вор это Theif, а не Грек или Greek
Это не дело, это ты не образованное быдло, которое не уважает чужую культуру и тем более историю, греки много лет так одевались в истории, а потом разгромили Османов
Мда... Чем больше общаюсь с жителями России, тем больше понимаю, что в данной стране куда больше не образованного населения, чем где либо в Европе
Cool GAYgreeks
Do you have a problem with our Uniform?
wearing trousers is really recent in global history and was imposed in the middle ages during war. All men around the world wore short skirts and women wore long skirts. It is scientifically proven that men need ventilation around the testicles and women need warmth around the womb, so that they're both fertile. So what we're living now is the joke, because it's contrary to nature.
These guy's made you run in 1821