For those who have not experienced the cultivation of tobacco, it may not touch them. But there are also those whose photos below will certainly take them a few decades into the past.
May is approaching, the month when, several years ago, at this time, the “lakes” were ready for planting and became lush green, full of life, voices and laughter… young and old were present to pull the pot from the slopes, to plant it, to carve it and so on. How many people did one meet then in the “barren and deserted” fields today?
Back then, tobacco kept communication alive between the people of the village and the neighborhood, everyone in a family shared everything.
Today everywhere is wilderness and in the fields only grasses and abandonment dominates, most of them are now closed in their shells, sharing their loneliness in the TV box and on the internet.
At that time, although deprivation, fatigue and depression were inevitable in their lives, everyone’s faces were peaceful, full of vitality and a smile.
Today, most people live in peace, enjoying comforts and luxury, but despite this, melancholy is painted on their faces and the smile is no longer present on their lips.
Text: Charalambos Tsitsivos at potamoulanews
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