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Agia Napa’s lively annual festival has become a magnet for many folk dancers and traditional musicians, especially those from other Mediterranean countries and from Eastern Europe. The event also brings theatre groups, opera companies and international singers to the resort for a particularly dazzling weekend of performances in the island’s busiest resort.
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On St Basil’s Day islanders have a meal which culminates with vasilopitta, a sweet loaf containing a coin that brings good luck to its finder.
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Annunciation is a Greek national holiday.
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Cyprus blossoms under the spring sun and in May the streets of Larnaka and Pafos are draped in blooms during flower festivals. They climax with parades of floats drowned in colourful garlands.
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Assumption is marked by pilgrimages to the island’s many churches bearing the name of the Virgin.
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Limassol comes to life during the 10 days before Lent, when islanders indulge themselves with feasts and fancy-dress parades. Carnival is also celebrated elsewhere on the island, but Limassol’s celebrations are traditionally the liveliest and most entertaining.
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Christmas is celebrated by islanders as well as holiday-makers.
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After midnight mass, villagers take home a taper lit from a blessed candle.
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Villagers roast a goat; town-dwellers head to grill restaurants.
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In harbour towns youths vie for the honour of retrieving a crucifix thrown into the sea.
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