The Philoproodi Union of Xanthi was founded in 1952 and since then continues to play a very important role as an agent for the development of the quality of life in the wider region. To this day, it manages a remarkable fund of cultural stock, in the fields of traditional and contemporary creation as well as in fields such as art and education. It operates in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, a region made up of many different religious, social and ethnic groups that have coexisted harmoniously in the place since the last century.