NATIONAL HEROES - Multicultural (most of modern Greece's national heros are on record as being a mixture of Albanians, Vlachs, English, Germans, Grkoman and many others).
ROYAL FAMILY - German (Descended from the royal house of Bavaria).
NATIONAL FLAG- German (based on various old versions of the flag of Bavaria).
NATIONAL ANTHEM - Italian (written by Niccoló Calichiopulo Manzaro, an Italian resident living in Corfu).
NATIONAL DRESS - Albanian (we know where the Fustanella comes from right).
NATIONAL MUSIC - Turkish (Buzukglu, Rembetiku are forms of Anatolian peasant music).
NATIONAL CUISINE - Turkish (Doner Kebab, Tzatziki, Taramasalat, Baklava etc, etc, etc).
and finally...
NATIONAL GREEK-'MACEDONIAN' HEROS - Multicultural (out of the most well known of modern Greece's self proclaimed Greek-'Macedonian' hero's, one was born in France (Pavlos Melas), another was born in Lesbos (Germanos Karavangelis) and the other was born in Bursa, north eastern Turkey (Manolis Andronikos).
ROYAL FAMILY - German (Descended from the royal house of Bavaria).
NATIONAL FLAG- German (based on various old versions of the flag of Bavaria).
NATIONAL ANTHEM - Italian (written by Niccoló Calichiopulo Manzaro, an Italian resident living in Corfu).
NATIONAL DRESS - Albanian (we know where the Fustanella comes from right).
NATIONAL MUSIC - Turkish (Buzukglu, Rembetiku are forms of Anatolian peasant music).
NATIONAL CUISINE - Turkish (Doner Kebab, Tzatziki, Taramasalat, Baklava etc, etc, etc).
and finally...
NATIONAL GREEK-'MACEDONIAN' HEROS - Multicultural (out of the most well known of modern Greece's self proclaimed Greek-'Macedonian' hero's, one was born in France (Pavlos Melas), another was born in Lesbos (Germanos Karavangelis) and the other was born in Bursa, north eastern Turkey (Manolis Andronikos).
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