Changing of the Guards in Athens, Greece

[Sp3ll633]

xDDDD the shoes thahaha stolen from the circus

[Bardh87]

The costume that they are wearing is adopted from Albanians

Fustanella, also called an Albanian kilt.

They are also probably guarding an Albanian/Arvanite grave, since in the 1800's the fight for Independence consisted of mostly Albanian individuals. All the individual's who played a major role in this war were Albanian, like Marko Boçari, The suliot tribe, etc...

Now their army marches through town shouting and cursing Albanians.

[Kdanc86]

Ministry of silly walks.

[Airshot06]

That was so awesome! Respects to Greece from the U.S.A.

[ranbnzz]

Its so gay

[motizasfulgr]

@ranbnzz thank god you will never learn how gay is this mother fucker....you are so lucky!!!

[blacknwhite543]

They should have just wore like the Spartan armor in the movie 300 lol

[YllusMC]

barbie version of Albanian fustanella

[powdermonkey01]

the difference is, most military traditions actually have a basis in utility, in being protective or easy to learn or easier to use to manage a group. Whereas this is...

well.

The fact that Greece didn't exist until long after Napoleon had been defeated shows that these moves weren't really passed on so much as invented by a rather queer-thinking monarch or someone who fancied himself a military man in the 1820s and 30s. So it doesn't require QUITE as much respect as most traditions, I'd bet.

[bjorn860]

whoa clown shoes?

[SANCHEZisTheGREATEST]

It looks like they're walking on the moon. But other than that, awesome clothes and awesome parade.

[Crape101]

Tsk tsk tsk.... Cow kicking as they call it in UK forces btw so few countries I know of retain traditions..... Russia, UK, Chec.Republic, Greece, USA and France?:S

[SUPERxROBIN]

wtf, their shoes? :P

[suliot]

@mogim98 Check this on you tube. " είναι Έλληνες φουστανέλα????????????????????­?????? "

and than come back with an answer.

[deardlm46]

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[suliot]

The funny thing is that fustanella or the kilt is an albanian traditional dress modified.

[etafrank]

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[Azzys007]

:D :D :D:D I am actually very sorry, but they are looking like clowns in this clothes and the walking is funny

[NottheFacePlease]

This is amazing! I love watching foreign armies in their ceremonies.

[bodawgsitup]

hahahahhahahahahah

[Tinnesen89]

looks like a mating ritual x), no seriusly that was something new, cool uniforms

[shelleyclan123]

lol the only balls they got is the one on there feet hahaha

[TheTimpa92]

how the fuck do they walk:) it look somewhat retarded

[ollyovwf1bruv]

they are ryt cunts lmao0m , i wunt dere were tht and i think i say that on behalf of evry single EGLISHMEN

[adamswampy]

@ollyovwf1bruv - Would you like to learn how to speak and write English before you claim to speak for the English? I can barely work out what you're saying so God knows what foreigners make of your ramblings. Still, I suppose this is what you get after 10 years of the Labour party's education policies and British "Comprehensive" education. It looks like Hitler had the right idea with the extermination camps..he just picked on the wrong people.

[filmjunkie998]

@ollyovwf1bruv wow, seriously, when you have to stand guard in your country (america I hope, so I can visit), tell me so I can come mock you and kick you square in the nuts for your ignorant stupidity. THAT is NOT an american attitude and is unnacceptable

[costateguise]

hahaa what the fuck are these guys doing lol they look like retards who have woken up in the night and are doing a slow motion sleep walk round the back yard in their slippers lmao

[imthegreatest123]

clownnnss

[free2kill22]

Ministry of Silly Walks: Athens Division

Man all of these videos are so interesting to watch. Wish I had the shoes as well.

[HMservant]

Poor sods

[CAPFANCADET]

Unique in its own way. USA respects you.

[airnutnogut]

they look like jewish clowns

[Akleptose]

kinda unique drills

[Hvygunner]

Back when uniforms were colorful, and tactics didn't require stealth, I would not be surprised to learn that every element of that "silly" uniform meant something heartfelt and dear to those soldiers and the nation they serve. Each nation's military desires to show its reverence to its memorials, as well as to soldierly duty, and it is not something for outsiders to mock.

[grobo11]

@Hvygunner Yeah nut what's with the pom poms on the shoes and the wool tights? I know tha thte skirt thing as a shit load of folds which is supposed to represent the years the Greeks were under Turkish rules, but what about the rest?

[eatmytool1]

and i thought the russian changing of guard was silly?!? this one takes the cake

[haitiancr7]

thats a guy ass dress

[palawiaris]

killuminati

γαμώ την κωλοτουρκιά σου πουστράκι μόγκολε.

[killuminatii1]

Are these guys soldiers or clowns?

1...2...3... MUHUAHAUHAUA

[baronofcheese]

@killuminatii1 Clowns.

[afaresis]

Look at their skirts and circus-shoes :) Now I know why Greeks lose all wars, muahaha :)

[AegeanKing]

@afaresis These soldiers wearing skirts were kicking your ass in 1821 and 1913.

[costateguise]

@AegeanKing God they look a lot younger.....

[slavehandler]

fuck det ligner sgu da folkedansdragt ligesom når jeg går til det på min efterskole hahaha :P

[hurny1000]

phahahaha luv it nd i luv the shoes bt am sorry but is this a joke??

[mariofreak444]

OPA!

[gun220]

yea i do love the Albanian fustanella and if your greek and believe that it is not albanian than you people are seriously in denial of who saved your ass, and to thank Albanians for their generous acts fighting for your freedoms greeks adopted the ALBANIAN fustanella.. and scottland which also wears kilts call their home land ALBAN.. so dnt be assholes you greeks your only digging yourselves deeper holes your gona end up like the serbs hated by most of the world

[Aegidia01]

I love ceremonies like this, and yet I can't help but wonder... if no one is watching, do they still do this or do they just walk up and say 'All right, you can go now, I've got it' in Greek?

(just kidding, of course I know they don't)

[Wingert91]

hahaha! i love i clown shoes

[o0tinerz0o]

I love this ceremony. I especially love the uniforms! Some people call the uniforms girly but I think they are beautiful and reflect a time where people judged others a lot less.

[Sudano66]

Different, but respect from USA.

[Hellenic021]

You're very uncultured, chingillin. Everything in that ceremony is part of tradition and those guards carry a big history. They deserve a Hell of a lot of respect.

[chingillin]

HAHA Silly walks ministry

[NICKTHEDIG1989]

GREECE 4 EVER!!!

[howla012]

there got to be at least one soldier in the tomb on his bad mood day would say, "shit, i'm tired of seeing these assholes' faces everyday; let end this symbolical crap already."

[uniqunik]

thinking like this is why you americans have no culture and tradition fucking animals

[howla012]

"fucking animals"?

wow, cultural and traditional people like you don't sound much different than me, do you, hypocrite?

[bullseyegeo13]

hypocrite you said dude can you see that you are not even original american you are bastards the real american dissappear a long time ago cause you killed them and you said him hypocrite you????? you are the worst hypocrite i ever seen

[howla012]

Are you retarded or something? what is real American; what is original American?

stop humiliating yourself. You don't even know what American means; what hypocrite means.

Many cultural people like you are just so stupid. There is no such thing as original or real American. It's funny that you who have no idea whatsoever about America are talking about it.

[bullseyegeo13]

and you know nothing about uss and i am not retarded i am just 17 years but i have read american history and my mom know your history cause she lived 14 years to american and i know

[EmperorofTerra]

er .... as georgian I am the brother of every Greek, but .... can someone explain me why those guards march in that way ? .... just for interest

[0321lol]

their shoes looks like clown's shoes

[wotan20]

Very nice. Now I have to see how the Greeks' eternal friends, the Turks do the same thing. ☺

[Puertoland1]

Excellent posture, and precision.

[koringeo]

dont make jokes please respect.

[canadianna21206]

i love the way they walk !

[raippaluoto]

grandmothers morning slipper!hahahahahahahahahah!

[cornered9110]

lmaoooo

[MadRussianStudent]

uaaahhahaha :DD sorry...

love it^^