you need to vote for Pasok in order to play komboloi.
Havent you noticed ? Greeks love exporting their culture ! Please do use it !!!
Depends on how you define old.
You will rarely see it in the hands of a 20-year-old but mostly in people 40+ of age.
Cultural appropriation is in most cases stupid.
So don’t bother!
Go grab your beads and have a nice time.
I will sell my rollie and gonna buy a kompoloi,
to count my woes and my sighs.
Cultural appropriation isn’t a big thing in Greece, Greeks are chill with all that. If you like Κομπολόι knock yourself out.
Did you seriously asked if it’s wrong?
CuLTuRal AppRoprIATion??!?
Personally, I don’t like the way it looks and the sound can be annoying in certain situations, but if you enjoy it go for it.
When someone sits to the next table and play non-stop it’s really annoying…
totally wrong, you’ll go to jail
Younger people use mpegleri more often I think.
Actually mpegleri helped me through my struggle of quiting smoking.
I see here that people said that East of Austria do not care about cultural appropriation. I would go as far to say that most Europeans do not consider this a thing. We will probably like it or maybe tease you a bit.
It’s not offending at all if that’s what you ask. Usually traditional old men have it at their café’s. Have fun playing around with your kompoloi!
Don’t worry dear, we’re not America here (yet) and cancel culture is seen as idiotic. So di whatever u want. And speaking of it, kompoloi is mostly used by elders yes
Kompoloi is only for Greeks, indeed. Except if you steal it as the British did with our marbles from Acropolis. Then you can do whatever you want and possibly make money.
On the other hand, kompoloi may not be even Greek but middle eastern!
Mpegleri will make look less old, i still use it, nobody has called me old haha
Want one? Get one. Yeah, mostly old people use it, but that doesn’t mean anyone else can’t.
I’m Greek and I would feel honored.
Its for those who dont know what to do with their hands soo…
Cultural appropriation is not at all rooted in the minds of the vast majority of Greeks.
You will most probably see it being mocked rather than adopted.
Even tho it’s mostly old people who use it i still notice a few young people who use it. For example i got a mate who’s not even 20 and he has it on his statesmen and it looks pretty damn nice if i’m being honest. Also, regardless of ones nationality i simply do not give a fuck if they use a Kombolol whether their Greek or not.