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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.

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…

The First Primary School in Agios Athanasios was built in 1960. Previously the church and the old primary school which is now the Municipal Cultural Center, were used as classrooms.

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

Couple with costume of early 20th century.