The refugees from Sinasos, just like all refugees who left their homes in a more organised fashion due to the population exchange agreement, filled their bundles and chests with items of high material or emotional value as well as objects they thought would prove useful. Household items could fall under any of these categories. Coffee cups, coffee pots, grinders, plates, glasses, cutlery, bronze bowls and platters were the most common everyday objects that still survive in the houses of refugee descendants.
Some of them were expensive, like silver cutlery or porcelain sets, others were inexpensive but held great practical value, like a coffee pot or a bronze basin. Regardless of their original price tag, today refugee descendants proudly use these items to serve their guests and start conversations about their past and their ancestors. Others have kept some items for themselves and donated the rest to the small museum of the ‘Nea Sinasos’ Association in an effort to keep their stories and memories alive and protect them from the ravages of time.
