Plate smashing

The practice was started by an entrepreneur, Babavea, who opened the Folies d'été cabaret at the end of Herodes Atticus.Ελευθερίου Γ. Σκιαδά, [http://mikros-romios.gr/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF-%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AE-%CF%84/ Το σπάσιμο των πιάτων και η καθιέρωσή του] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324015040/http://mikros-romios.gr/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF-%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AE-%CF%84/|date=2016-03-24}}, Μικρός Ρωμηός. During the junta period, plate breaking was fought and banned as a separate offense by law punishable by up to 5 years in prison.[http://www.alimosonline.gr/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82/6715-%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1 Όταν οι Αθηναίοι έσπαγαν πιάτα στη «Νεράϊδα»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408161259/http://www.alimosonline.gr/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82/6715-%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1|date=2016-04-08}}, Alimos on line, 24-4-2015. Despite the junta ban, the breakup continued and many celebrities were referred to the prosecutor, such as the ex-husband of Zoe Laskari, Petros Koutoumanos, Aristotle Onassis and Omar Sharif. The junta finally issued a special opinion, which ruled that there was no offense if the breaking of dishes was accompanied by the acceptance of the behavior of the person doing this act by those present.

Today there are still patrons who let off steam by smashing plates in nightclubs and other objects. The only gypsum plate manufacturing industry operating today in Greece is that of Gentzos Constantinos, based in Diavata, Thessaloniki.[http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/135830/%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%8D%CE%BE%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%B3%CE%AE-%CE%B3 Ο Ελληνας σπάει πιάτα στις πίστες για να διώξει την κρίση -Ραγδαία αύξηση στην παραγωγή γύψινων πιάτων], iefimerida.gr, 20-12-2013, ανάκτηση 21-1-2016. The practice of breaking seems to have been replaced by throwing flowers towards the stage where the artist is singing, which was first started by Marinella.

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://gogreece.about.com/cs/glossary/g/kefi.htm "Kefi - The Spirit of Greece," about.com].
• [http://gogreece.about.com/cs/folkloreevents/a/smashingplates.htm "Having a Smashing Time in Greece. Why do Greeks break plates?," about.com].
• [http://www.greecetravel.com/mazarakis/wisdom/plates.html "Breaking Plates in Greek Tavernas," greecetravel.com]

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