Last weekend, the visitors of the British Museum were able to witness an original and highly impressive protest, organized by the internationally renowned soprano Sonia Theodoridou. The famous soprano entered the museum along with six other Greek women who were dressed in white to resemble the Caryatids, looking for their long lost sister.

On Saturday, six beautiful young women dressed in white, to resemble the Caryatids, entered the British Museum looking for their lost “sister”, capturing the attention of tourists and museum visitors. The people were stepping aside to let them pass and many of the visitors were taking pictures. No-one knew what was going on, including the museum staff. The group was accompanied by Mrs. Theodoridou’s distinguished husband, Maestro Theodore Orphanides and composer Pantelis Pavlides. After walking around the hall where the sculptures of Parthenon are kept, the group began to search for the lost Caryatid inside the museum. When they found her, their reaction was both moving and inspiring.

“As part of the Beautiful Greece movement, which me and my husband Theodore Orphanides founded in 2010 in order to capture the world’s attention and to reverse the negative image created for our country, we decided to come to London. Our goal was to present a unique artistic project-protest in order to contribute to the best of our ability to the return of the Parthenon sculptures. We are artists, not politicians. Our power is limited but what we experienced in the British Museum showed us that we can make a very loud statement,” said soprano Sonia Theodoridou to ANA – MPA. “What I saw when we entered the museum, the silence of the crowd, the thousands of people who were there and they were stepping aside to let us pass was an amazing experience, which I’ll never forget for as long as I live,” stressed Ms. Theodoridou.

Later that day, the group filled with flags a small area of Hyde Park asking the British to “return the Caryatid to her homeland.”

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