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

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

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…

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…

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.

Amateur young people performing - APEN Club – Agios Athanasios

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.

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

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

The establishment of “Agios Athanasios Cooperative Savings Bank” (SPE) in 1929 as a result of an initiative of only a few visionary habitants had contributed enormously to the multilevel development of the community throughout the 80 years of its…