{"id":4906,"date":"2025-12-24T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/?post_type=story&#038;p=4906"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:53:40","slug":"i-kalathoplektiki-sti-volax","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/i-kalathoplektiki-sti-volax\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of basket weaving in Volax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"1\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\toneImg\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1536x983.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1536x983.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-2048x1311.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:50%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-2048x1311.jpg\" alt=\"The art of basket weaving in Volax\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-2048x1311.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-right-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>Built on a small plateau in the heart of Tinos, no one knows exactly when the village was established, but it is certainly one of the oldest on the island. With minimal modern interventions, it remains one of the most impressive destinations in the Cyclades, glowing with freshly whitewashed houses and well-kept courtyards.<\/p>\n<p>The enormous rocks, locally known as volia, that gave the village its name and continue to form an integral part of the landscape, are in fact eroded granite boulders and often serve as walls for the traditional houses. The inhabitants of the village were exclusively employed in basket-weaving since at least the second half of the 18th century, which allowed them to specialize in a single craft.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section EmphasisText  \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>The inhabitants of the village were exclusively employed in basket-weaving since at least the second half of the 18th century, which allowed them to specialize in a single craft.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>Today, only a few basket weavers remain in the village of Volax, keeping their art alive through sheer determination. Luckily, the island\u2019s recent rise in tourism has attracted a whole new audience to their painstakingly made products. Most importantly, the locals refuse to let their traditions disappear, following the same processes for collecting and preparing the materials and weaving the baskets they were taught by their predecessors, as if nothing has changed. Their dogged determination has paid off, since in 2019 the local basket-weaving tradition was inscribed in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Greece.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"3\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\t three-items \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-3-1536x983.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-3-768x492.jpg 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100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-1536x983.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-1536x983.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-2048x1311.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-768x492.jpg\" alt=\"The art of basket weaving in Volax\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-1-2048x1311.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 600px, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-2-1536x983.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-2-768x492.jpg 768w, 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100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-right-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  withDivider\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>The raw materials used for the baskets are reeds, as well as willow and wicker shoots, harvested during the full moon, otherwise they run the risk of rotting or becoming infested by insects. Each variety is cut at a different time of year and requires its own processing, developing distinct colors and properties as they dry out. This is heavy manual work requiring good physical condition, so back in the day children used to start by doing simpler tasks, while women were in charge of cleaning and sorting the shoots.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving Volax, be sure to look for the tiny folk museum, a small room filled with beautiful remnants of the village\u2019s communal past, and don\u2019t forget to attend a performance in the newly configured stone amphitheatre.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section listBlock   \">\n\t<div class=\"block-heading d-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-title\">See also<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"row list three-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/masticha-to-dentro-pou-pligoname\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Mastic: Nature\u2019s tears<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_.jpeg\" alt=\"The mastic tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-1024x655.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-768x492.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-1536x983.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-2048x1311.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\">\n            <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle__title \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMastic: Nature\u2019s tears\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">The aromatic tears of a unique variety of mastic tree have been linked to the cultural identity of southern Chios for centuries, as it happens to be the only place in the world where mastic is systematically produced.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/to-xerolithiko-topio-tis-tinou-ena-zontano-mnimeio\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The dry-stone landscape of Tinos, a living monument<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345.jpg\" alt=\"The dry-stone landscape of Tinos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\">\n            <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle__title \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe dry-stone landscape of Tinos, a living monument\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">The rural landscape of Tinos is unique in the Aegean, as it represents one of the most intensively cultivated terrains in the Cyclades.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/charoupi-apo-tapeini-zootrofi-se-sygchrono-superfood\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Carob: From humble animal feed to modern superfood<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"Green carobs on a carob tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-1024x655.jpeg 1024w, 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