The Greek crisis.

The Greek crisis.

                                     

A number of factors have contributed to the fiscal crisis that Greece has been experiencing since October 2009. Some of these factors are internal; have to do with the structure of the Greek economy itself, the prolonged macroeconomic imbalances that the Greek economy faces and the credibility problem of macroeconomic policy. Other factors are from the outside and have to do with the implications of the recent financial turmoil and the timing of the response of Europe to the Greek fiscal crisis.

However the main problem was the structure of the Greek economy, it concentrates on lending money to private business without noticing that the public debt was increasing in an alarming way. These in a few months with the help of other factors originate the Greek crisis.

The best solution that could be found was that the country has to improve the government managing. How? It should be done in few steps:

1.      Be cautious about who is managing the government.

2.      Be strict on the educational requirements that every employee should have.

3.      Teach how the government works to all the people of the country, so they can vote in a smart way.

4.      And the last but not the least, is that the people attempting to a really high position in the government should love his or her country.

As a conclusion we can say that a government well managed is a country with good economic politics, and that this implemented in the Greek government could have saved them from the crisis and if Greece implement a good government manage the country would recover from the crisis.

The Apokries 
Apokries is a festival for young an old and takes place three weeks before the begin of Lent and it's usually celebrated in February. Apokries means literally "goodbye to meat or abstention from meat," so, during the 40-day Lenten fast in Greece, people eat no meat. 

During Apokries, each part of Greece has its own customs and traditions, and in some parts of Greece people use masks, or play games, depending on the local tradition. The costuming and feasting all derived from ancient ceremonies in honor Greek gods, but there is a special god that is honoured these days: Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. As you can see, this could be an excuse to have a huge parade.

 In addition, in the festival people dress up and enjoy the freedom of anonymity. Carnival celebrations today are much more decorous than the ancient, when the followers of the god ran through the streets brandishing giant phalluses and singing rude songs. However, masks let their wearers lose their serious and respectable selves and have fun, forgetting their worries and problems.

 The mask is thought to be a descendant of the ancient identical clay masks worn by actors in ancient Greek comedy and satirical drama. Then, the Romans made many different masks representing the various types of comedy. Many centuries later, in Northern Italy, the comedy was developed, introducing the characters of Harlequin and Columbine with their respective masks and guises, and also golden bird-masks.


 To conclude, this feasting atmosphere ends with the beginning of Lent on "Clean Monday" and it marks the end of Apokries and the first day of the Lent. The foods are consumed next to the start of the "Clean Monday" are all "pure", without the shedding of blood and that's why is allowed to eat fish roe, squid and cuttlefish besides other animals.

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