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Program with traditional cypriot dance known as “tatsia” performed by the Municipal Folk Dances group of Agios Athanasios at a festival in 2000.
“Tatsia” is an old traditional utensil used for flour sifting. The relevant dance requires…

«Drepani dance” where the dancer is dancing alone with a sickle (scythe) in hand, performing the characteristic movements of the harvest and stooping down to earth.

The "fountanoua" in the Holy Monastery of Panagia Sfalangiotissas sign of the presence of life in the space of the previous centuries. The unique old fountain in the northern region of the municipality of St. Athanasios was declared a monument by the…

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…

Traditional folk dances and songs performed by the Limassol Folklorist Dance Group during the Summer Cultural Festival the Agios Athanasios Municipality in 1990.

Stone brick ovens that were in every courtyard in olden times in the village of Agios Athanasios.

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…

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.

Green Monday people in Agios Athanasios used to go out in the fields in big groups and have fun till late in the afternoon. They put the tablecloth on the ground and enjoyed the traditional food of the day, eating and singing all day long.

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.