Πρόκειται για επιβίωση του πανάρχαιου χριστιανικού εθίμου των συμποσίων-αγαπών σε χωριά της κυπριακής υπαίθρου
Περιγραφή Σιτηρεσίου - Γευμάτων
Στο χωριό Άγιος Δημήτριος Μαραθάσας καταγράφεται από τον Κ. Κοκκινόφτα (1989, 38) ότι την Κυριακή του Πάσχα, οι κάτοικοι αφού παρακολουθούσαν την λειτουργία της Ανάστασης και μεταλάμβαναν, συγγχωρώντας ο ένας τον άλλο μαζεύονταν όλοι στην αυλή της εκκλησίας όπου κάθονταν σε κοινό τραπέζι και διασκέδαζαν μέχρι αργά. Κάθε οικογένεια πήγαινε στην εκκλησία με καλάθια που περιείχαν παξιμάδια, φλαούνες, χαλούμια, αυγά κόκκινα. Ο παπάς τα ευλογούσε διαβάζοντας ειδική ευχή, την 'ευχή των καλαθιών'.Το έθιμο αυτό έχει πλέον εξαλειφθεί από τα χωριά της υπαίθρου.
Additional information and bibliography
Κοκκινόφτας Κ. (1989) Άγιος Δημήτριος Μαραθάσας, Λευκωσία
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Foods
Avkoti - Easter bread
An Easter bread. After kneading kouloures (bread) and flaoúnes, women would use a piece of the same dough to form small cases in the shape of a salt cellar, in which they would place one or two eggs…
Traditional Recipes
Easter eggs dyed with yellow daisies
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Traditional Recipes
Easter pourkouri with goat meat
“… the pieces of meat on skewers, place the skewers on the clay pot to give the pourkouri some flavour of the meat, and cover them with foil.” (Theognosia Andreou and Vasiliki Michael, Kornos)
Traditional Recipes
Easter soup
The soup is placed in a traditional wood-fired oven early on Holy Saturday evening and it is ready by Easter morning. A recipe from Orounda village.
Traditional Recipes
Flaoúna
Flaoúna is the most characteristic Easter delicacy prepared and/ or consumed in all households in Cyprus. Its foukós (filling) is prepared 4-5 hours earlier or on the night before. Foukós is…
Foods
Flaouna, gastronomical map
Flaouna is a pie with a square, triangular or round shape, the basic ingredients of which are ‘flaouna cheese’ and eggs. Flaounes are baked all over Cyprus during Easter.
Traditional Recipes
Flaoúnes avkotes
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Traditional Recipes
Flaoúnes me anari
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Traditional Recipes
Flaoúnes tsantoules
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Foods
Galena
Easter buns. Galena were made in certain places, mainly in Paphos, and were made with sugar and milk.
Traditional Recipes
Magiritsa soup
Magiritsa is a traditional soup prepared at Easter in many parts of Greece. Since the 1960s it has become common in Cyprus as well.
Traditional Recipes
Paskies (pies with lamb or goat meat)
They are prepared and consumed during the Easter period, mainly in villages of the Paphos district.
Traditional Recipes
Tsoureki
In the past, tsoureki (a type of braided brioche) was offered to guests when visiting women who recently gave birth or when inviting guests to weddings or christenings. Today, the preparation and…