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10-23-2008, 11:28 AM
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My Mood:     | Komboloia How many komboloia do you have? I have three but am always on the look-out for more. If you have one, how do you play it? Do you swing it in thePiraeus style or do you play it the traditional way, where you count the beads? Also, where, outside of Greece, can I find a real begleri? I have one but can't find it and want another. Btw, i'm not looking for the showy kind with gems etc. | ||||||||||||||
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10-23-2008, 03:17 PM
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My Mood:     | Re: Komboloia I have 6 of them and when I play with them I swing them around. If you look on the net Im sure you can find some komboloia.
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10-23-2008, 05:39 PM
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My Mood:  | Re: Komboloia We have a pile that sits in a cabinet. A relative always brings one back everytime he goes to Greece. They've been accummulating for years and nobody uses them LOL. One thing i noticed is that they have become more innovative. For example you can get them with team colours and logos.
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10-25-2008, 09:09 AM
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My Mood: | Re: Komboloia How did this custom start? I don't remember seeing people of other cultures using it, except for the priests and nuns who have longer strings of beads. | ||||||||||||||
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10-25-2008, 09:31 AM
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My Mood:  |  Re: Komboloia
^ :P We have a collection too ...and nobody uses them in our household either !
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10-25-2008, 10:20 AM
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My Mood: |  Re: Komboloia Hate them with a passion and there is nothing worse when in particular all you want to do is just sit down and enjoy your frape in peace and then you have some dead beat monger swirling that f%$#N beaded Arabic giftia of an implement like a moron non stop rite in front of you and mind you outta the 50 tables that are empty they chose to sit in the one close to you... Its vlakeas like that that separate us from western Europe ! There ebgala to achti mou,damn that felt good... To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. | ||||||||||||||
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10-25-2008, 12:08 PM
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My Mood: | Re: Komboloia I have one from Greece with a cross on it hanging in my car. Looks pretty cool too.
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10-25-2008, 12:14 PM
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My Mood: | Re: Komboloia Quote:
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Yeah "vlakies" like that and building civilizations while they were scratching fleas off their heads and grunting around in caves and trees.
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10-25-2008, 12:58 PM
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10-25-2008, 01:08 PM
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My Mood:  | Re: Komboloia lo thats funny, and will had been even more fun seen this To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. hmm seems and not the only one staying late | ||||||||||||||
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