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Habitants of Agios Athanasios who voluntarily joined the colonial British army forces to fight the fascism in the Second World War.

People in Agios Athanasios used to organize excursions to the countryside quite often and prepared the traditional “souvla” (pieces of meat cooked on charcoal )and they enjoyed themselves, eating and singing till late in the afternoon.

Amateur young people performing - APEN Club – Agios Athanasios

In the old days the bride and the groom used to get dressed separately at their houses in the presence of relatives and friends with the accompaniment of local traditional music.

Grinding wheat by the use of traditional stone mills for the preparation “resi” which is a traditional cypriot dish of wheat cooked in lamb broth. People used to sing and dance with the stone mills in their hands. The feast followed the wedding…

During the ten days of carnival people in the village used to dress themselves in funny costumes by using their imagination and every kind of material available. They went around the houses asking the owners to guess who is who and all this process…

Κατά την τέλεση του μυστηρίου του γάμου στην εκκλησία στα παλαιότερα χρόνια μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1960 πέραν από τον πρώτο κουμπάρο και…

Στα παλαιότερα χρόνια όσοι επιθυμούσαν αντί άλλων δώρων να δώσουν χρήματα στο ζευγάρι ενισχύοντας έτσι το νέο τους ξεκίνημα ως…

Υoung men being members of a football team of APEN, the fisrt club founded in Agios Athanasios - 1942.

Στα παλιά χρόνια στον παραδοσιακό γάμο συνηθίζετο να ετοιμάζεται η νύφη και ο γαμπρός στο σπίτι του ο καθένας με τη συνοδεία…