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The island of Cyprus may be small but it has
literally hundreds of villages, many of which are
no more that a handful of houses clustered
around a church, and a coffee-shop that also
serves as the village store, post office and
general meeting place. In the more remote parts
of the island, these villages have remained
virtually unchanged and although motorised
transport has made them more accessible,
their older inhabitants still cling to the
traditional lifestyle which basically revolves
around the seasons of planting and harvesting.
For some of these people, the donkey is still the
preferred mode of transport and these faithful
animals can still be seen making their way home
from the fields, laden with firewood or green
forage for the family goats.
Even in the larger villages, traditional values are
still very much in evidence. Here, maybe the
village shepherd carries a mobile phone and the
farmer drives to his fields in a double-cabin
pick-up truck but this is merely a sign of the
times – a veneer that, when scratched, will
expose the true character of the village people -
family-orientated, warm-hearted, friendly
and unbelievably hospitable.
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