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Photograph - Vlachs in Traditional Costume, Gravia, Fokida, Sterea Hellas, Central Greece

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Vlachs in Traditional Paraphernalia Sterea Hellas (Continental Greece), Fokida, Gravia village Photograph posted on flickr.com by bilwander - 2006

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion, Greece

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Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PFF) V. Alexandrou 1, 21 100 Nafplion This looks fascinating.  I would like to spend a whole day there, but for now we can all take the 360 virtual tour which consists of 8 different sections -  http://www.pli.gr/en/content/360-tour-v-papantoniou-museum History of the Foundation The “V. Papantoniou” Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PFF) is a privately supported foundation, based in Nafplion. It was founded in 1974, and its aim is the research, preservation, study and presentation of the material culture of the Peloponnese, as well as of the whole of Greece. It is housed in the residence of Vas. Papantoniou, which was converted into a museum in 1981. This same year with its exhibition “The Production, Elaboration and Use of Natural Fibres in Greece” the Museum won the 1981 Museum of the Year main Award (EMYA) “...because of the manifold activities of the Foundation in the area of tradition, the quality and size of its colle...