Authors & Producers: George Leontsinis & Athanasia Glycofrydi-Leontsini Texts: George Leontinsis, Kosmas Megalokonomos, Litsa Kouneli Director: Katerina Tsourlaki A production of the Open University of the Municipality o...
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September & October. Figs, glorious figs.
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From the beautiful front cover of Tess Mallos's Greek Cookbook. Gifts from nature, against the backdrop of Karavas buildings and terraces. (Also on page 120, entitled, At Kythera, cottage cheese with crisp bread,(paxsima...
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Designed by graphic artist Lindsay Cretha (Kritharis) Katharos, now residing in Berry, NSW, in the 1970's. The laconic donkey, meant to compliment the two previous donkey entries in this section, captures the quiet and l...
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Looking across two beautifully crafted sumari, saddles, to a grazing donkey, and a view across Karavas. The saddles belonged to our neighbour in Karavas, Irini Voulgaris. I do hope that examples of these sumari have been...
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During the pre-automotive period, the most important animal on Kythera was the donkey. There are very few working donkeys left on Kythera now. In 1994, our neighbours in Karavas, Voulgari, and his wife Irini, maintained...
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A little Kytherian friend, pops his head out to say hullo, during our visit to Kythera, 1994.
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The picture is from a small, 16-page tourist book of the island, issued, in the 1950's, or 1960's. (Page 16, of 16). [The photograph is of equally poor quality in the book, but I enjoy it because it captures a mood.] Cal...
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