Rodavgi
A Tzoumerka village at 700 metres, with the Kagkelari dance and a chestnut and tsipouro festival in October.
- Location
- About 24 km from Arta, altitude 700 m
- Residents
- 311 (2021 census, Greek Wikipedia)
- Old name
- Nisista, until 1962
- Church
- Agia Paraskevi, 1804
Rodavgi is a mountain village of the Tzoumerka, about 24 km from Arta, at 700 metres. Until 1962 it was called Nisista, and it is one of the 47 “Tzoumerka villages”.
The Kagkelari dance
In Rodavgi the Kagkelari is danced on 27 July, the feast of Agia Paraskevi, and on Easter Tuesday. According to the Greek Wikipedia the dance goes back to the 16th century and let Greeks communicate without being understood by the Ottoman Turks. It is danced throughout the Tzoumerka.
The church of Agia Paraskevi
The church of Agia Paraskevi was built in 1804 and is a listed monument.
Chestnut and tsipouro
The municipality's tourist guide says that a festival of tsipouro and chestnuts is held every autumn in Rodavgi and Pistiana. In the mountains the zabela vine is grown, a variety from which tsipouro is made.
