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Claiming to be the best music event in the Mediterranean, the festival hosts world music ensembles and folk musicians from all five continents.

Since 1977 Güzelyurt in Northern Cyprus’s citrus-growing region has been the venue for a festival that originally celebrated the orange harvest. It has now expanded to include concerts, competitions and art exhibitions.

The cloisters of Bellapais Abbey come alive every year during this season of classical concerts, which attract musicians and music-lovers from all over the world.

Village costumes and traditional Turkish musical instruments are brought out to celebrate one of Northern Cyprus’s most venerable feasts.

Costumed dancers, traditional musicians, and lots of eating and drinking help celebrate the olive harvest. Most events are held in and around the floodlit Kyrenia Castle (see Kyrenia Castle).

The lemon-growing village of Lapta throws a lively annual party in honour of the yellow citrus fruit that has been emblematic of Cyprus for centuries

In the heart of northern Cyprus’s vine-growing region, the farming village of Mehmetcik marks another successful wine-producing season with music, dancing and, of course, wine.

Open-air performances and events in historic venues are the keynote of Northern Nicosia’s annual festival of theatre and dance.

Bellapais is once again the stunning venue for this annual event, with performances by world-famous artistes.

Feasts and family reunions mark the end of the Muslim religion’s annual Ramadan fast. At this time everyone dons new clothes and makes up for a month of abstinence.