Name - Origin
Οπωρικά
Nuts or sweetmeats consumed after a meal. (Common phrase: ‘My dad brought us some porika from the feast’ (Pharmakidou XP, 2003 p.212).
Functional and symbolic role
In some villages, after a childbirth, the people who were present were treated with porika and a drink. At Christenings, spoon sweets and nuts were served with a drink; in the old days, they used to serve porika in a woven tray and they would use a cup to scoop some and place them in each guest's hand (Protopapa, 2009, pp. 90-91, 316, 490).
Additional information and bibliography
Protopapa K. (2009), Τα έθιμα της γέννησης στην παραδοσιακή κοινωνία της Κύπρου, Publications of the Centre for Scientific Research, XLIX, Nicosia.
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Γλωσσάριον Ξενοφώντος Π. Φαρμακίδου, [Υλικά διά την σύνταξιν Ιστορικού Λεξικού της Κυπριακής Διαλέκτου, μέρος Β', έκδ. Θεοφανώς Δ. Κυπρή], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
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