History of kompoloi
History of Tradition
In the course of history, man has created all kinds of garlands· for the decoration of the head, the neck, of the arms, wrists, waist and legs.
Almost every religion has created a prayer garland to assist believers complete a specific number of prayers without counting. During the period of Ottoman Empire, Turkish officers took their prayer garland and turned it into a show of welfare accessory. They used silver, gold and silk to decorate their garlands with large amber beads. They were holding these garlands to relax their nervous system and their body. The relaxation is due to the electricity that amber carries. Eventually, such garlands functioned as symbols of power and as a medium of projecting the Ego. The Greek associates of the Turks imitated this habit. It has been established since then and until today we – the Greeks – create and hold garlands in our hands.
Nowadays, social conditions inflict stress and anxiety on people. Thus, they are often led to smoking, drinking, receiving anxiolytics… Our company “ΕΥΧΑΝΤΡΟΝ” (EFHANTROΝ) has created and suggests a new type of garland – jewellery that is basically used as an anxiolytic without side effects! Men, women and...
Komboloi, tesbih, efhantro
Our company EFHANTROΝ has created and suggests a new type of garland – jewellery that is basically used as an anxiolytic without side effects! Men, women and children of any age can keep one. This garland – jewellery is consisted of natural crystal beads full of positive energy and of silver and golden elements. It’s a work of Art expressing the Greek aesthetics, culture and civilization. It is created by the artist Tasos Thomaidis.
Tasos Thomaidis named his creation εύχαντρο (efhantro). The word means beads that offer pleasure. It’s a compound word that consists of the word εύ (ef) =anything pleasant, and the word χάντρα (hantra)=bead.
Every person is driven by his/hers subconscious or conscious reasons to hold or not a garland. For instance, the type of garland they choose, out of the hundreds that are available in the market, and the way they keep it, reflects their personality. So we remark that, the tacky ones keep ugly garlands, the elegant keep real works of art. The low-paid keep garlands made out of cheap elements, the wealthy people keep ones made out of rare and expensive materials. People, who feel the need to attract other people’s attention, spin their garlands...
Greeks and garlands
In the course of history, man has created all kinds of garlands: for the decoration of the head, the neck, of the arms, wrists, waist and legs. Almost every religion has created a prayer garland to assist believers complete a specific number of prayers without counting.
During the period of Ottoman Empire, Turkish officers took their prayer garland and turned it into a show of welfare accessory. They used silver, gold and silk to decorate their garlands with large amber beads. They were holding these garlands to relax their nervous system and their body. The relaxation is due to the electricity that amber carries. Eventually, such garlands functioned as symbols of power and as a medium of projecting the Ego.
The Greek associates of the Turks imitated this habit. It has been established since then and until today we – the Greeks – create and hold garlands in our hands. Nowadays, social conditions inflict stress and anxiety on people. Thus, they are often led to smoking, drinking, receiving anxiolytics…
Our company “ΕΥΧΑΝΤΡΟΝ” (EFHANTROΝ) has created and suggests a new type of garland – jewellery that is basically used as an anxiolytic without side effects! Men, women and...
The path of Man and worry beads
Emeritus University professor Zissis Papadimitriou comments University professor Zissis Papadimitriou comments οn the book of Tasos Thomaidis “The path of Man & worry beads”:
“The value of this book does not lie in the excess of the information provided about worry beads and crystals, but lies in the messages that are given, at the peak of the author’s intimate knowledge, concerning philosophies and lifestyle of the Middle East and socio-political situation in the West. These messages surround man with love and understanding, in times that humanity experiences, in tragic ways, the barbarism of the “almighty” of the earth, that have set goals to raze the world, for the account of their economic and dominating interests, by destroying cultures of thousands of years and killing infants. In sight of the alienation that man suffers in the consuming societies of the West, where instead of concentrating on the effort for self knowledge and intellectual evolution, he is pursuing self-promotion, vanity, all forms of power, and thus, he has become a prey of psychotropic substances, alcohol, cigarettes, of shopping and drugs, this book comes to remind us that, the man of Eastern...