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submitted by Nena Parkes on 28.03.2005

Potamos carnival 2005 V

The babies from Mitata argue over a bottle of Baileys having slightly outgrown their bibs.

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 28.03.2005

Potamos carnival 2005 IV

The brides of Kythera! these lovely ladies with their lace and lashes were a big favourite in this year's parade.

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 27.03.2005

Potamos carnival 2005 III

A band of hell bent school children come out to play from Avlemonas.

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 27.03.2005

Potamos carnival 2005 II

Mary Poppins directs her gang of young chimney sweeps from Karvounades junior school.

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 27.03.2005

Potamos carnival 2005 I

Children in colourful fish costumes speak out against sea polution.

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 27.03.2005

Livadi Carnival 2005 V

Two rowdy gnomes dance their pointy socks off in the fairy-tale creatures procession.

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 27.03.2005

Livadi Carnival 2005 IV

... the zoo containing his new wife, Camilla, who's name of course in Greek translates as... camel!

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 26.03.2005

Livadi Carnival 2005 II

One word: Adorable!

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 26.03.2005

Livadi Carnival 2005 III

Charles and his first wife Diana followed by...

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 26.03.2005

Livadi Carnival 2005 I

The gymnastics group giving a very funny rendition of themselves with overfed bodies and weights made of bread loaves. The climax came when, having presumably jumped up and down for a sufficient length of time, their overlarge bodies (consisting of balloons) shrunk (when the balloons were popped).

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submitted by Nena Parkes on 26.03.2005

Miss Carnival of Livadi 2005

This year's carnival mascot in Livadi Carnival- Miss Carnival, a beautiful herald of the spring time.

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submitted by Karavitiko Symposium, Sydney on 27.02.2005

Amir Ali Cafe

Owned by:

George & Judith Rizomarkos

Phone 27360-34346

e-mail: rizolaar@hotmail.com

See:

http://www.kythira.info/infokyth/karavas.htm

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submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 04.02.2005

glendi at avlemonas

mid 80's summer dance at avlemonas

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submitted by Thespina Kastrisiou on 03.02.2005

In the Kitchen II

As in part one, in a traditional Kytherian Kitchen friends and neighbours gather together. from left to right: Mariam, a well known and much loved Kytherian nun, Stavroula Kastrisiou, Vasilikoula Evthimiou, "Papa" Evthimios, Froso Gianakopoulou and Sofia Kominou, with Vasilikoula's two daughters, Eleni and Panagiotitsa.

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submitted by Thespina Kastrisiou on 03.02.2005

Sofoula Kominou, goat and girl

Sofoula Kominou with a little girl and her goat in April of 1952.

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submitted by Thespina Kastrisiou on 03.02.2005

Olive picking

Packed into a truck, ready to olive pick in Paliopoli in December 1983, are: from left to right Georgios Friligkos, Despina Kastrisiou, the brothers Petros and Diamantis Notaras, middle Chrysi Notara, Metaksoula Friligkou, Marouli Notara, below Eirini Kastrisiou and Antreas Protopsaltis.

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submitted by Thespina Kastrisiou on 03.02.2005

"Kathari deytera"

Celebrations on the day known as clean Monday, the Monday after the Carnival weekend, in the year of 1940 when the picture was taken it fell on March the 11.

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submitted by Thespina Kastrisiou on 30.01.2005

In the Kitchen

A gathering of friends and family in a traditional Kytherian kitchen. The party include a young priest "papa" Giorgis-who is of course still residing and preaching on the island- and from left to right: the sisters Marika and Chrysa Friligkou and behind them Vaso Efthimiou, then Toula Notara, Thespina Kastrisiou and finally Sofoula Kominou.

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submitted by George Vardas on 25.01.2005

The joy of riding a trikyklo

Driving through Travassarianika on a three wheeler

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submitted by Peter Vanges on 19.01.2005

Kytherian dress, with focus on the spaleta.

Kytherian dress

[Being], Chapter 43

Peter Vanges.
Kythera. A History.
1993.
Publisher: Kytherian Association of Australia.
Sydney.

Any attempt to trace and define a purely Kytherian dress would be very difficult, especially when one considers that over the years the island was under the influence of so many outside forces. Furthermore, very few decorated scraps of garments have survived and our knowledge of Greek dress ...