A series on Greek musical tradition, produced in 2023-24. The show's goal is to record and showcase to the audience the richness, variety, and expressiveness of Greek musical heritage, through local musical idioms as well as the contemporary dynamics in the urban environment of the big city.

“Salt of the Earth” and Lampros Liavas invite us to a journey with Kalanta carols and festive songs from all parts of Hellenism, with the Choir and Orchestra of the Fivos Anoyanakis Greek Music Center. The symbols of life and fertility, in music evoking wishes for health and a happy new year! In folk customs and rituals for the Twelve Days of Christmas (Christmas-New Year-Lights) the ancient symbols (fire, water, bread, sacred plants, etc.) are accompanied by songs sung while people went from house to house and wished the hosts well, the Kalanta carols. With traditional carols, children and young people act as “mediaries” between the material and the spiritual world, using the power of youth and symbols, in order to “homeopathically” bring a good yield, hope and optimism in the face of the new period that begins. A word that is sung becomes a “magic” word! The show also makes special mention of New Year's carols and the appearance of the Greek Santa Claus. An ascetic, a scholar, and a farmer, he does not bear gifts but waits for the people of the house to welcome him, giving them in return the “alphabet” (Greek education) which, as the songs recount, makes his dry stick blossom, bringing good luck and fertility to our lives! The selected Kalanta carols and festive songs of the Twelve Days of Christmas from all regions of Hellenism are presented by the musical ensembles of the Center of Greek Music “Fivos Anoyanakis”:
- “Fivos Anoyanakis” Orchestra (Conducted by: Eleni Baili)
- Traditional Song Choir (Conducted by: Evangelia Chaldaiaki).