The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece.
The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.
Sunday, 21 December 2008
Knives
Knives inscribed with a Cretan mantinada are a specialty in Crete. As you can see, this is all that this shop sells.
I'm sure the mantinadas are nice or fun, but somehow so many knives is scary to my eyes. Hope they go through the X ray machine at the airport OK for the tourists. ;)
Like gun shops, such a shop would not be allowed in the UK. I bought a pair of ordinary scissors in Copenhagen and wasn't allowed to bring them back aboard our cruise-ship!
exactly, knives in crete arent regarded as dangerous weapons, they are more of a necessity in agriculture (we are not as hi-tech as in some countries in this respect) rather than a token of warfare
Knives are appealing objects even to pacifists, like military aircraft. aloha-
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the mantinadas are nice or fun, but somehow so many knives is scary to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteHope they go through the X ray machine at the airport OK for the tourists. ;)
Like gun shops, such a shop would not be allowed in the UK. I bought a pair of ordinary scissors in Copenhagen and wasn't allowed to bring them back aboard our cruise-ship!
ReplyDeleteA sharp post, this.
ReplyDeleteHappy Solstice to you also.
It's a token of friendship as well...Or rather, trust.
ReplyDeleteexactly, knives in crete arent regarded as dangerous weapons, they are more of a necessity in agriculture (we are not as hi-tech as in some countries in this respect) rather than a token of warfare
ReplyDelete(i must show you all a gun shop...)
Do you believe that althought I have given many of them as a present I don't have one?
ReplyDeletewow! something like the khukris of the nepalese!
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