tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31844753.post8158060010517778161..comments2023-10-31T13:47:11.422+02:00Comments on BellyLorna: Tourism and Teacher -Cruise part 7Lorna (aka BellyLorna!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08084848477083529818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31844753.post-55287430138120228592013-06-17T22:20:45.635+02:002013-06-17T22:20:45.635+02:00I received this email which answers some of the qu...I received this email which answers some of the questions I posed in this blog entry- so i thought i would share it here so we can all learn from it! Thanks Maria for your feedback!!!<br /><br />Hey girl !<br />Happy to see you in Crete my homeland.<br />Answering your question about the golden body parts in greek church<br />We have a greek ordodox tradition that we call it TAMA <br />This means that if someone is sick from family we do a TAMA, which means we pray for the specific person (or us) to be well.<br />When well (or even in the timing for getting well) we do a golden, or silver (depending the money people have) plate with the <br />specific body part that had a problem.<br />You can see this in all greek churches, but the most important for this, is at Tinos island, and at 15 August (its the day of the death of Madonna, celebrated in Greece more than Christmas or Easter) you can see milions of people going and doing their TAMA.<br /> <br />About the photo of the statue with the pigeons (shit lol) on it. <br />Its Dominikos Theotokopoulos, born and raised at Crete, and then moved to Spain, where he became the most<br />known painter and known worldwide with the name "EL GRECO"<br />Wishing you good continuation to your trip and all the best.<br />Always happy to read your adventures<br /> <br />Maria Aya, AthensLorna (aka BellyLorna!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08084848477083529818noreply@blogger.com