Flood Festival, a watery tradition with ancient historical background

LoveCyprus — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:45:53 +0000

“Kataklismos”, the Flood Festival, is a watery festival with ancient historical background and represents the Old Testament tale of Noah’s Ark and the Greek myth of Deukalion. During the festival, the 3 coastal cities of Cyprus, Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos, organize a variety of events and concerts on the waterfront. Some of the special events organized are water sports, swimming competitions, dancing, singing and the traditional throwing water at each other!

Usually the celebrations last for three days, Saturday until Monday late at night. Besides throwing water at each other, Monday morning has its spiritual meaning as well! Monday symbolizes the purification through water, for that reason people dive into the sea to retrieve the Cross thrown into the water by the Archbishop.

The Flood festival (Kataklysmos) also holds a great cultural importance and several competitions are organized for singers, poets, dancers etc. The traditional poems “tsiattismata” competition is very popular among the crowd who listens carefully to the satirical and funny verses.

See the full schedule of events:

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Paphos Kataklysmos: A combination of cultural elements and modern entertainment!

LoveCyprus — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:29:10 +0000

Focusing on the combination of popular cultural elements and modern entertainment, this year’s “Flooding Day” will take on Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th and Monday 17th June 2019.

The event program includes a variety of artistic events at Paphos Castle Square every evening during the 3-day celebration and Water Sports on Monday afternoon at the port of Kato Paphos.

The participation of the Dance Group of Pontian Greeks and the great Concert by Giorgos Giannias on Sunday night are the highlights of the celebration.

Entrance is free for all the events.

The schedule of events is as follows:

Saturday 15 June

8.00 pm – Castle Square: Artistic Program

• Cypriot traditional dances, from the Cultural Folklore Workshop of Koni

• Traditional Island dances from the Folk-Dance Group Aphrodite Geroskipou

• Pontian traditional dances, from the Black Sea and Georgia, from the Romiosini Dance Group.

Sunday June 16th

8.00pm – Castle Square: Artistic Program

• Greetings from the Mayor of Pafos, Phaedon Phaedon.

• Concert by Giorgos Giannias and his Orchestra.

Monday 17 June

5.00pm – Harbor, Kato Paphos Water Sports

Supported By:

• Municipality of Paphos

• Paphos Nautical Club

• Cultural Association of Kato Paphos

• Ecclesiastical Committee of the Holy Church of Panagia Theoskepasti

8.00pm – Castle Square: Artistic Program

• Concert by “Music Company Muse” and Michalis Terlikkas

• Dances from Dionysos dance group

• Concert by Sottos Gonios and Elena Solea, with Konstantinos Zorpas Orchestra.

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Flood Festival, a watery tradition with ancient historical background

Paphos Kataklysmos: A combination of cultural elements and modern entertainment!