Ano Parakalamos
Ano Parakalamos | |
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Settlement | |
  Ano Parakalamos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′1″N 20°32′39″E / 39.83361°N 20.54417°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Ano Kalamas |
| Community | Parakalamos |
| Elevation | 508 m (1,667 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 38 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ano Parakalamos (Greek: Άνω Παρακάλαμος,[2] before 1927: Πογδόριανη, Pogdoriani)[3] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is part of the community of Parakalamos.
Name
The original name of the village is Pogdoriani.[3] The old Slavic form of the toponym is podъgorjane indicating 'those who live at the foot of the mountain' and is derived from the Slavic preposition podъ meaning 'below' and the noun gora 'mountain, forest'.[3] The Slavic suffix -jane is used to denote the inhabitants of a place, with a transposition of the d and g sounds.[3] The village moved to the plain at a location called Kalyvia meaning 'huts'; this site later adopted the new name Parakalamos, while the original location of Pogdoriani was renamed Ano (Upper) Parakalamos.[4] Slavic placenames were replaced with Greek names by the state.[5] The new placename Parakalamos was a modern bureaucratic creation and a compound formation with the Greek prefix para 'beside' and the word kalami 'reed' or kalamos 'stalk, cane', possibly from a forgotten old placename.[3]
History
Pogdoriani has a continuous history of settlement.[5] It is located at the base of Paleogribiani hill.[4] The village was destroyed in 1718.[5] The inhabitants of Pogdoriani owned shacks at site called Kalyvia on the fertile plain of Gormos to work their fields and graze animals.[6][4] The distance between both locations was 5 km and villagers wanted to avoid the long trek.[5] The movement to the plain by the population began toward the end of Ottoman rule in 1913, when the village was razed by the Ottoman army.[5][7] The settlement was moved to the location after people from Pogdoriani built houses.[6] By the 1928 Greek census, the new locality Parakalamos was recorded as a sub–settlement of Pogdoriani.[4] The village was affected by the Second World War and the Greek Civil War.[5] There was partial reconstruction of the village.[8] In 1951, Ano Parakalamos gained status as a standalone village from the Greek government and was joined to the community of Parakalamos.[2] Every May, villagers from both Ano Parakalamos and Parakalamos gather at Ano Parakalamos for a panighyri (religious festival) celebrating St. John the Apostle.[9]
Demographics
The village was inhabited by Greeks, who in the early 20th century relocated to the new site of the village (modern Parakalamos) on the plain.[7] In the 21st century, Ano Parakalamos is inhabited by Aromanians.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- 1 2 Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Άνω Παρακάλαμος" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Ano Parakalamos]. EETAA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Oikonomou 2002, p. 250.
- 1 2 3 4 Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. p. 240. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maher 2019, p. 6.
- 1 2 Green, Sarah; King, Geoffrey (2001). "Seeing what you know: Changing constructions and perceptions of landscape in Epirus, Northwestern Greece, 1945 and 1990". History and Anthropology. 12 (3): 282.
- 1 2 Theodosiou, Aspasia (2004). "'Be-longing' in a 'doubly occupied place': The Parakalamos Gypsy musicians". Romani Studies. 14 (1): 27.
The residents who founded the village used to live some way up the side of the mountain of Kasidiaris in a village now called Ano Parakalamos.... Greki (ordinary Greeks) and they constitute the majority of its population; these are the mainly upper villagers who started settling the plain just before the end of Ottoman rule (1913), when their village was burnt by the Turkish army
- 1 2 Maher 2019, p. 209.
- ↑ Maher, Nicola (2019). The Crying Clarinet: Emotion and Music in Parakalamos (PDF) (PhD thesis). Cardiff University. pp. 209, 213, 216. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.