Children’s Issue, Spanos and the Forty Dragons
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Title
Children’s Issue, Spanos and the Forty Dragons
Description
It is the passion of Hambis, the well known Cypriot engraver from the occupied village of Kontea, to spin the tales of the village, its sorrows, its beauty and its joys just like a weaver. He never drops a stitch and his ink is transformed into a dragon, a sun, a river, a fairy with a knife or a witch with a jasmine flower.
Αn extract from his illustrated folk tale “Spanos and the Forty Dragons” is the theme for the new children’s stamps issued by Cyprus Post. In total faithfulness to the style of the artist, this issue is addressed to children, the inheritors of a tradition who want to see justice prevail, the good to overcome the evil, with Spanos (the people) killing the dragons (the enemy) and thus restoring justice.(so the water of the river flows free). (Eleni Sioufta)
Αn extract from his illustrated folk tale “Spanos and the Forty Dragons” is the theme for the new children’s stamps issued by Cyprus Post. In total faithfulness to the style of the artist, this issue is addressed to children, the inheritors of a tradition who want to see justice prevail, the good to overcome the evil, with Spanos (the people) killing the dragons (the enemy) and thus restoring justice.(so the water of the river flows free). (Eleni Sioufta)
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Linocut: Hampis Tsangaris, Designer: Christina Vasiliadou Mezavorian
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
jpg
Language
en
Type
Identifier
2013CS230, 2013CS231, 2013CS232, 2013CS233, 2013CS234, 2013CS235
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Children’s Issue, Spanos and the Forty Dragons,” Αψίδα, accessed January 27, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44240.