The emigrants
have started being repatriated since the decade of 80s. They restore their old
houses or build new ones. In recent years many citizens from the town of Serres
–and not only-build in the village luxurious villas because the village tends to
be a suburb of Serres. Many people of Neo Souli have studied to become
scientists and others have become excellent craftsment or tradespeople. There
has been a fall in production of tobacco in recent years
.
The urbanism
deprived the village of its man power but happily in recent years the whole
situation seems to be quite different.
In Neo Souli
there has been a carpet making school since 1977. It has been founded by the
National Organisation of provident fund. This was done as an effort to preserve
the traditional art of textile –manufacturing. Young women can be taught by
experienced teachers there. Every year several traditional designs from
Macedonia, the islands, Epirus and other areas are being reproduced in success.
In the
village there is also a cultural club , a club for old people to spend their
leisure time,a choir, folk dancing clubs , a sports center, a football ground
with tiers and a grass carpet in perfect condition a smaller football ground, a
basketball court and a volley ball court. Nearby there is also a small outside
theatre .
The first
primary school was established at around the mids of the 19th
century and in 1915 a new one was build, which is the today’s Gymnasio. But
unfortunately there is a declining number of students starting at the decade of
70’s, because of the people’s emigration and the declining birthrate as
well..This declining number is at its highest at the decade of 90’s.In the
recent three to four years there is an increasing birthrate, so we hope to have
a greater number of students in our Gymnasio in the next school year.
Some comments
about the population of the village. After the second world war we have an
amazing increase in population , which was at its highest , according to the
census in 1961. In the following years there is again a declining fall because
of the emigration and then again we have an increasing birthrate at the decade
of 70’s. According to the census in 2001 the village tends to be more crowded
than it had ever been. The five Darnakohoria and three other villages join
together in 1999, as local government, in the newly established municipality "Emmanouel
Pappas" with the seat being in Chriso. At the local elections first mayor was
elected Mr. Dedousis Evaggelos, with a fathers’s name Paschales, from Neo Souli
,who was re-elected in 2002.
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