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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)

Source

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

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

Citation

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Children’s Issue, Spanos and the Forty Dragons,” Αψίδα, accessed May 1, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44240.