With Darwin's largest multicultural festival Glenti coming up this weekend, preparations are well underway. The Greek Community have rolled up their sleeves readying to feed the thousands of people expected to attend.
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00:00It's a labor of love. Each dolma is rolled by hand, one by one, and Katina has made thousands in her lifetime.
00:11I was born in this recipe for 40 years. I did it in my home first. I took it in my home and took it a little.
00:23They saw how nice it was and they started to make all the material.
00:30Dolmadis are delicious parcels of meat, rice, herbs and spices wrapped in vine leaves.
00:36The local Greek community, many of whom hail from the island of Kalimnos, call them phila.
00:42The family favourite recipe now passed along to new generations.
00:46I remember he was sitting at my Giga's table in the house, sitting there with Giga and she was teaching me how to do them at a very young age.
00:54In true Greek hospitality, there'll be no shortage of food on offer at Glenti.
00:58Kefteres were also being cooked today, while tons of souvla, octopus and calamari have been prepped.
01:05But it's all worth the effort.
01:07Glenti is a celebration of our Greek heritage, but it's also a celebration of our families, our community and our standing in the NT community, I suppose.
01:17Preparations for Glenti begin months in advance and with tens of thousands of dolmadis to roll, weighing more than 600 kilos combined,
01:25it's easy to see why everyone has to pitch in.
01:29A lot of non-profit associations outside of the Greek community, we've got Darwin High School down that end,
01:34we've got the St John's Volunteer Corps and a lot of other non-profit associations taking part in helping us out as volunteers,
01:40even the Filipino community.
01:42Many hands making light work.
01:45Thank you so much.