We were there too

Fengaros festival in Kato Drys in the Larnaca district, for another three-day run, filled with music, on the 31st of July until the 2nd of August. Celebrating its fifth birthday, Fengaros is today considered as one of the best and most highly-anticipated events of the summer. The bar has been set even higher this year, with the ultimate goal being the festival’s establishment as an important and major international event.

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Bands and solo artists from Cyprus, Greece, England, France and the USA created an amalgam of music ranging from traditional to progressive, ethnic, blues, pop/rock, psychedelic, ambient, jazz and more.

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This musical melting pot includes an attractive collection of names such as: the renowned world music act Banda Magda (USA), the Epirus stoner-rockers Villagers of Ioannina City (Greece), the beloved to the cypriot audience Flying Ibex (UK), the Cretan music virtuoso quartet Xylouris/Spyridakis/Persides/Katsikiotis (Greece), the uplifting The Burger Project (Greece), the freak-folk Le Juki (UK), the upcoming psychedelic-pop band The Cave Children (Greece), acts for children such as Dimitris Baslam’s (Greece), Alexia C.’s solo act (France), and Martha Mavroidi’s ethnic trio (Greece). From the local music scene, we’ll see names such as the veterans of cypriot rock To Marazi tis Fotoulas, the folk/progressive J. Kriste, Master of Disguise, and Tricoolore.

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Three stages: the Main Stage, the Village Stage and the ABR Stage (in collaboration with Alternative Brains Rule), hinting at the festival’s pulse and vibe during its three-day take-over.

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The festival’s organic athmosphere is further emphasized by the village’s graphic scenery, as the aesthetic of the surroundings will become once again a source of inspiration for both the artists and the participants

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A unique place for treasure hunters

Inside the Nicosia there is a space, like a diamond, I had the most beautiful surprise

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the first time I visited I could not believe my eyes and did not expect that we will see something like that, accustomed to such places in Greece and almost everywhere in Europe

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I refer to the Flea market there you will find that you want

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as long as you have the desire to look for

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The people there are friendly, smiling and open mood

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Small stands with different things

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and every weekend is open for memories and treasure hunters

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Flea market celebrates closing two years of operation,

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the friendly owner made a small party for friends with barbecue and free beer for all

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“Keepers of Each Other’s Culture”

When groups of citizens from Cyprus and abroad, working together in a spirit

of cooperation and trust for the rescue, protection, and promotion and when their motto is:

“Keepers of Each Other’s Culture”

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They can do miracles like the restoration of The main church of Kontea village is

dedicated to Agios Charalambos

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This was the only large church in the whole of the Famagusta region dedicated to Agios Charalambos

and it was therefore a very popular gathering point for the celebration of the SaintΒ?s feast day

every February 10th

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The United Nations, through the United Nations Development Programme, at the beginning of 2006

called for proposals for the restoration and maintenance of endangered monuments all over Cyprus.

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The programme aims in contributing towards co-operation and trust between the communities through working together on issues of common concern.

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Historically the village of Kontea is related to the mansion which existed there from the time of

the Franks. During the French occupation the mansion was the residence of a high-ranking officer

called Viscount. The name Kontea is therefore foreign and it originates from that time;

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Kontea village is situated in a favorable position on the southeastern side of the Mesaoria plain,

between the three main cities of Famagusta, Nicosia and Larnaca. It was originally a Frankish fief,

gradually growing into a village with the influx of people seeking work in the fertile land of what

later came to be known as the Frankish ciftlik.

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Walking through the centuries

The whole human history there is in a museum.
The Museum of Cyprus, you in your first steps there and while you have no sooner put the ticket in your pocket, you enter the Stone Age and transferred through the time machine exhibits until the Byzantine period,
you really feel and wander on centuries heritage of this little dismayed by the economic crisis island of about 800,000 inhabitants.
What a great weapon in the hands of rulers for advertising this historical island
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