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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.

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.

The land of the municipality of Agios Athanasios, was studded with structures and threshing fields which attest the strong land cultivation of that years. According to witnesses in the area were around 30 threshing fields. In summer under the hot sun…

Τhe old cultivation way by the use of traditional wooden plow, drawn by oxen (1950 AD).

Τελετή κατάθεσης θεμελίου λίθου Δημοτικού Μεγάρου Αγίου Αθανασίου επί Δημαρχίας Φειδία Διαμαντή, από τον Υπουργό Εσωτερικών κ. Ντίνο…

Samples of entrance gates and doors in houses and courtyards in the traditional core of the village of Agios Athanasios.

Α ceremonial football match between married and Single men’s. A match that is usually part of Easter events, mainly in all villages of the island.

On the occasion of World Music Day Agios Athanasios Municipality honored the folk musician Michalis Kouloumis, a refugee from the Turkish occupied village LYSI who was specialized on playing the traditional instrument “pithkiavli´ in Cyprus. (a…

Wooden tray for Wedding Crowns.

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