Macedonian Dinner - the proposal

Macedonian Dinner

The Macedonian Dinner will let the spirit of Alexander the Great flow through the air and fill us with contempt and happiness.

Alexander the Great has been educated by Aristoteles to the greek culture, and enjoyed to have dinners in the greek tradition. The macedonian dinner will follow therefore the ancient tradition of the symposium.

The rules of the symposioum are to be found here.

"The symposium is a collective reunion and at the same time a show, exhibition and fun, in which all the senses come stimulate you. There must be a perfect understanding between the convita, the just mixture, not only of wine and water, but also of persons. Disposition of the places is such that everyone can see everyoneelse. Symposium does never have great dimensions"

Ingredients of symposium: wine, crater, cups; music with the flautist, dance.

There will be a crater, and all the convita will be disposed around it. In the crater the ritual of cutting the wine with water will be executed.


Pindaro writes:

"Come quando tra i convitati sboccia la gioia del simposioMescoliamo un secondo cratere di canti ispirati alle Muse …".

Alexander explored the East, and let the structure of the Symposium change, allowing expecially persian influences. Therefore belly dance is an important component of our Macedonian dinner.

Let's now get to our instructions

• Carlos will be "the King", since he is the host
• Nanni will be the master of cerimony and will take care of the different part of the symposium, and their displacement in time
• Anthonis will take care of the wine, "cut it" if necessary and dispense it
• Giuseppe will take care of the food
• Men will cook. Giuseppe will cook the main dish, entree, dessert will be assigned to volunteers. One of the men will have the privilege of not cooking and providing all the drinks
• Clara will take care of getting the belly dance music
• Enith will invent and propose games
• Loes and Melina wash the dishes
• additional ideas and initiatives are welcome. Especially poetry, theather, dance, music are welcome.

Let's Alexander be with us