When walking in the centre of Athens you can still hear the sound of Laterna a music box that is operated by turning a lever. In old Athens it used to be called 'Organaki'; little musical instrument. There is a very nice old song by Attik about a girl falling in love when the 'organaki' was passing by. Nowadays the Laternas cannot be serviced any more and the songs they play are hard to recognise because of the musical notes missing. The old men that carry the Laternas around Athens are like our grandfathers who carry our fading memories of past times.
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