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Festivals & Celebrations
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Carnival is one of the best known Cypriot celebrations, along with Anthestiria (Spring Flower Festival, and Kataklysmos – the Festival of the Flood – which coincides with Pentecost.
Hardly a week goes by without a colourful festival or homage to a saint on one of the numerous ‘name’ days. The ‘Panigiri’, a traditional open-air fete, takes place mainly in the villages on the occasion of a saint’s name day. Easter, the most important Greek Orthodox religious event, is celebrated with solemnity and great pomp. Throughout the year there are also exhibitions, concerts, drama and folk festivals.
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