Evzone Guards

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Eventually the new guard are escorted to their position in front of the tomb and the change begins again.
The dress uniform of the Evezone Guards is based on the uniform of the Greek fighters of the 1821 war of independence and is native to Central and Southern Greece.   The distinctive pleated white kilt,  the 'foustanela' is sewn on the bias from many triangular shaped pieces of fabric.   It has 400 pleats to represent the 400 years of Ottoman domination.  Beneath it and just visible in this photograph are   white boudouri (underpants). 
A white shirt with voluminous sleeves, an elaborately embroidered woolen waistcoat, sash  and a tasseled fesi (cap), complement the foustanela.   

Like the guards at Buckingham Palace their modern day enemy is the  hoard of tourists wanting to pose for photographs.
Long knitted white stockings tied below the knee with gonatoures and wonderful hob nailed Sarouchi shoes topped  with pom poms complete the uniform
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