Section
Section of National Costumes
A few words
Interlinking its activities, right from the start, with the establishment of the local costumes collection of the Lykeion ton Ellinidon and with its first public appearances, the Section of National Costumes continues to this day, with the same “respect for tradition”, to work towards the completion of this collection. Αt the same time it is responsible for the supervision of the costumes at the performances and various appearances of the Folk Dance Group of the LtE.
Alexandra Wassenhoven. Ephor of National Costumes from 1960 to 1997
Frosso Saccopoulou, daughter of Pericles Karydis, in a costume from the collection of copies of Byzantine costumes of the Lykeion ton Ellinidon, in 1936
Photo Gallery
From the medal ceremonies at the 2004 Olympic Games
The LtE sends off the Olympic Flame in June 2004
At the ceremony for the Onassis Prizes in 2006
Snapshot from the LtE’s visit to Vietnam in October 2008. Photo: Amalia Markatzi
From the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics. June 2011
Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic at the time, with the President of the LtE and members of the Folk Dance Group. Academy of Athens, 16th March 2011
From the anniversary of the Liberation of Athens in October 2012
From the official welcome ceremony for the President of the USA at the time, Barack Obama, in 2016
From the official welcome ceremony for the President of France Emmanuel Macron in 2017
From the official welcome ceremony for the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2017
From the official welcome ceremony for Charles, Prince of Wales, in 2018
From an event in the Hellenic Parliament’s chamber in 2018
“Chorostasi” (Dance Space), an event at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, in 2018. Photo by Pelagia Karanikola
Photo by Pelagia Karanikola
From the ceremony to raise the Flag of the Filiki Eteria (Society of Friends) at the Olympic Athletic Centre of Athens in March 2021
From the Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame on the 26th of April 2024 at the Panathenaic Stadium. Photo by Studio Kominis
From the Special Olympics Hellas Flame Lighting Ceremony. February 25th, 2025