Cyclades Guide - Escale Yachting

Andros, and of course, the famous lokum and halvadopita from Syros.
It's worth trying the unique special dishes and sweets served at feasts,
weddings and christenings.
Giannoulis Halepas, Dimitrios Filippotis from
TInos, the painter Konstantinos Panorios from
Sifnos, as well as famous scholars such as
Theofilos Kairis and Andreas Embirikos
Folk and fine arts
The people of the Cyclades continue a long-lasting tradition of folk arts,
marble carving, wickerwork, shipbuilding, weaving, the art of mosaic,
wood carving, stone building and roof tiling.
Several famous folk artists have contributed to the work of the
numerous unknown ones. Famous artists include the painters
Nikiforos Lytras, Nikolaos Gyzis, Giannis Gaitis, and the sculptors
(Andros), Emmanouil Roidis and Dimitrios
Vikelas (Syros).
The folk music of the Cyclades is rich and
famous, featuring wonderful dances.
The “Cycladic Meeting of Folk Wind
Instruments” is a point of reference. It starts from Kea with the sound of
bagpipes and travels to every island of the Cyclades, every year.
Markos Vamvakaris was also from the Cyclades, Syros in fact. During
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