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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…

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.

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.