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Traditional folk dances and songs performed by the Limassol Folklorist Dance Group during the Summer Cultural Festival the Agios Athanasios Municipality in 2001.

Program performed in Agios Athanasios by the two well known cypriot folklorist instrument players (specialists on playing the Cypriot traditional instrument PITHKIAVLI, a kind of traditional flute) MICHALIS KOULOUMIS and GIAKOUMIS ATCHIKKOS both born…

Made of wooden surround and metal base with several small holes used for the screening of certain products. AlsoTatsia is a dance of skill, combining the hand and body in non-stop movement. The dancer holds a sieve in his hand with the four main…

People used to go out in the fields end enjoy themselves in large groups on Green Monday which is the first day of the fasting period before Easter.

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.

Traditional custom where donkeys participated in a race with their riders on each one claiming the top spot. Today the event’ s organized within the frame of Easter festivities.

Resi is the traditional Cypriot dish of wheat cooked in lamb broth as rice. This was offered to the guest together with other traditional dishes during the feast that followed the wedding ceremony.

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.

Wooden tray for Wedding Crowns.

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…