Olympia Festivals

Olympia Festivals: Faithful to its long time tradition, Olympia is more than an ancient city when it comes to entertaining activities. Nowadays, it counts on a vast variety of festivals dedicated to many different subjects, although they point in general to the same elevated goals.

One example of this is the Peace Olympia Festival for Children. This event is oriented to generate a spirit of freedom and tolerance, especially in areas that suffered the damn of war. The idea is to help kids to regain balance between mind, body and spirit, and provide refuge to the

The Ancient Olympia Festival is another good exponent of the activities of this area. It begins on July with a concert and ends in September, usually with a performance that honours the ancient Olympia. The events take place in Floka Theatre, 3 km from Olympia.

The basic idea supported by this entertaining event is the same as the one regarding the previously mentioned festival: peace.

The Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People is also an interesting event, of which the organisation

Thanks to this event, children have the chance to watch quality films not only Greek, but from around the world as well. This aids in the knowledge and judgement ability of the future cinema spectators, and also unites different creators from different parts of the world, as it creates a nice environment in which special bonds take place between Greek and foreign people related to cinema and television for young people and children.

The children that participate in this festival at Olympia belong to different countries and have the chance to know each other, in

counts on important entities as the Ministry of Culture and the General Secretariat of Youth, as well as the main municipalities and authorities of the district, the Greek Film Centre, and the Audiovisual Institute, among others.



The main goals pursued by this festival are to inform, and encourage the film creation and the development of audiovisual programs, especially for children and young people.

aframework of education and cultural exchange.

All these festivals, among others, are related to the ancient tradition of the Olympic Games, which was a religious festival instead of just a sport event. That is why these games are more important than fighting.

According to many historic sources, each of the ancient Greek cities had its own government and was under constant wars. However, a month before this festival, a sacred truce was established so people could travel to Olympia with no danger of suffering attacks.

This tradition extended throughout the centuries under different forms and due to this fact, the spirit of peace and international cooperation remains in the festivals that currently take place at Olympia.