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Easter Monday Celebrations

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Easter Monday Celebrations

I reached Lageia’s taverna at about one o’clock. Only one car in the car parked at the front. “Have I come too early?” I wondered. I looked into the courtyard. No tables were laid …

Patates Tsakistes

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Patates Tsakistes

In Cyprus, as in Greece, potatoes are roasted rather differently to the way they are roasted in British cuisine. In Britain, the art is to make the potatoes golden brown and crispy…

Games played in Cyprus

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Games played in Cyprus

In Cyprus there are table games and traditional games. Some games come from Greece, but they play them a lot in Cyprus, and other games are originally Cypriot games! The games that…

Cyprus Halloumi

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Cyprus Halloumi

“Little Miss Muffet sat on a Tuffet eating Her Curds and whey”. So, goes the well-known children’s nursery rhyme. Now had Miss Muffet been Miss Maroula, a Cypriot girl, she might h…

6th Pancyprian Potato Festival

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6th Pancyprian Potato Festival

The favorite product of Kokkinochoria, the potato, has its own festival, which will take place this year in the village of Avgorou. The Organizing Committee of the Pancyprian Potat…