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The Cyprus Folk Art Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Λαικής Τέχνης Κύπρου) is a museum in Cyprus dedicated to the country's ethnographic history. [1] The museum is located in Nicosia directly beside the Cathedral of Agios Ioannis Evangelistis , the Byzantine Museum of Cyprus , the National Struggle Museum , and the current ...
The Centre of Cultural Heritage was established in Cyprus in 1979 [1] and has a service covering the areas of archaeology, history of art, cultural heritage, and natural heritage. The services also include areas such as the recording and digital archiving of the artistic heritage of Cyprus, its restoration and conservation, its study and ...
At the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Theodoulos Kallinikos together with his musical group, which consisted of a male vocal ensemble, violin, lute and pithkiali (shepherd's flute), made a series of recordings under the title: "Cypriot dances and songs". [4] From 1924 until 1948 he travelled throughout Cyprus recording folk songs.
The term kallikantzaros is speculated to be derived from the Greek kalos-kentauros ("beautiful centaur"), although this theory has been met with many objections. [1] A second theory proposes that the word comes from Turkish kara-kondjolos "werewolf, vampire", from kara "black" and koncolos "bloodsucker, werewolf".
Limassol District Archaeological Museum; Cyprus Medieval Museum (Limassol Castle)Local Kourion Museum, EpiskopI; Folk Art Museum; Cyprus Wine Museum; Cyprus Historic and Classic Motor Museum (Classic Cars Museum)
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The culture of Northern Cyprus is the pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with Northern Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots.It features significant elements influenced by or developed upon the culture of Turkey, but combines these elements with a unique Cypriot approach and local traditions (in common with Greek Cypriots), as well as several other influences, such as the British and ...
Painting of Athanasios Diakos, with the date 1892, from village of Geri, Cyprus, now in the Cyprus Folk Art Museum, Nicosia. Geri, sometimes also transliterated as Yeri, [3] (Greek: Γέρι) is a settlement in Cyprus, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-east of the capital Nicosia. In 2001, it had a population of 6,643.