Avdela (Greek Αβδέλλα) is a seasonal Vlach village in the Pindus mountains, at 1400 metres altitude. Its summer population is about 3000, but in the winter there are only a few watchmen. White = Romanians Green = Istro-Romanians Yellow = Aromanians Orange = Megleno-Romanians Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. ... The Pindus (Greek: Πίνδος, Albanian: Pino) mountains are a range located in central Greece, roughly 160 km (100 miles) long, with a maximum elevation of 2636 m (8650 ft), along the border of Thessaly and Epirus. ...

It is notable as the birthplace of the Manakis brothers, and appears in the opening sequence of the film Ulysses' Gaze. The Manakis brothers, Yannis/Yannakis (Avdela, 1878–Thessaloniki, 1954) and Miltiadis (Avdela, 1882–Bitola, 1964) (Greek: Γιάννης/Γιαννάκης and Μιλτιάδης Μανάκιας), were Vlach photographers and filmmakers born in the small village of Avdela in Ottoman Epirus. ... Ulysses Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea) (1995) is a film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. ...