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Thursday, March 24, 2016

The ‘Tsarouchi,’ a Symbol of Greek Bravery and Freedom

When one thinks of Greece’s War of Independence in 1821 and the great heroes like Kolokotronis and Karaiskakis, they would inevitably think of the foustanella, the skirt-like garment, and the tsarouchi, the typically-Greek shoe with the big round tassel on the tip. The tsarouchi is a lightweight leather shoe worn by villagers in mainland Greece


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