Get ready for one of the biggest celebrations of the year on the island, Kataklysmos. We have concerts, contests and parades.
In Larnaca the events will start with a parade, in Ayia Napa we have three nights of concerts and Protaras has the star singer for this year.
Let’s see what each municipality has prepared for this year.
Ayia Napa
4 days of concerts in Ayia Napa for this year, all will start at 9 in the evening, at the harbor.
Friday, June 21
Stella Konitopoulou and Gianni Kritiko
Saturday, June 22
Pano Kalidi, Gianni Sofilla and Stavriana Koutra
Sunday, June 23
Glykeria
Monday, June 24
Cycladic Dances and Folk Poets.
Protaras
For this year, in Protaras you can listen to Helena Paparizou singing. The event takes place like always, on Sunday, at Fig Tree Bay, starting 9 in the evening.
Larnaca
This year’s celebrations begin on Friday, June 21 and will last until Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
The start of the Flood will be on Friday, June 21, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. with the opening Parade.
Then, there are two scenes, one at Kimonos Street and the second in Europe Square.
Popular singers such as Petros Imbrios, Spyros Spyrakos, Stella Georgiadou, Giorgos Daskoulidis, Savvas Kettiros, Ermogenes Skitinis, Yiannis Kotsiras, Myrto Vassiliou, Dimitra Boulouzou, Vassiliki Hatziadamou, Giorgos Vassiliou, Stelios Rokkos will be performing on the main event stage. , Michalis Tterlikkas, Pambina Kontea, Prodromos Tsiolias, Prospectus, music group Michalis Hatzimihail, Biased Beast, Giorgos Giannias
At the same time, in the Garden Theater of the Medieval Castle of Larnaca, the Shadow Theater Festival – Karagiozi will take place, as usual, on June 21, 22, 24 and 25.
Ther will be nautical events on the beach of Finikoudes such as canoe-kayaking, sailing races and open sea boat races.
In Europe Square, in specially designed pavilions, as every year, traditional Cypriot trades will be presented with artisans explaining their manufacturing process.
👉 Where do locals run when it’s bank holiday?
Limassol
From what I could see, Limassol have a very busy program for Kataklismos.
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Dock vs. Nero coffee
20:00 The Folklore Society of Limassol with the performance “Welcome! Dances and songs of Cyprus”.
A feast on stage drawn from the Cypriot Music and Dance Tradition with the participation of the well-known performer Christos Sikkis, Petros Kouloumis on song and the musicians Michalis Kouloumis and Christos Isidorou.
21:00 Stefanos Pelekanis, Andri Karantonis and Michalis Chatzimichail present a unique tribute to the progress of artistic Cypriot song.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Dock vs. Nero coffee
20:00 The Politic Club Zedros in a program with Cretan dances and songs
21:00 Yiannis Kotsiras with Myrto Vassiliou, Dimitra Boulouzou and an excellent five-piece orchestra, in a program aimed at genuine entertainment but also targeted references to the original folk song
Monday, June 24
Dock vs. Nero coffee
20:00 Music and dance performance entitled “The good days have come…”, dedicated to the Cypriot tradition, by the Cultural and Dance Club of Limassol Dionysos, the music group “Adama” and folk poets.
21:00 “Once I remember” with Pantelis Thalassinos and Rita Antonopoulou. A musical anthology from Vamvakaris to Xarchakos, from Tsitsanis to Markopoulos, from Kaldara to Hadjidakis, from Souyul to Loizos and from Zambeta to Mikroutsikos. A great original meeting of two important artists.
Paphos
All the events will take place in front of the Castle.
Saturday, June 22 – starting 20:00
Traditional Cypriot songs ”Tsattista” and dancers by the musical group ”Vasilitzia”.
Traditional dances of Pontos by the dance group ”Romiosini”
Sunday, June 23 – starting 20:30
After the mayor speech, on the stage will be Makis Dimakis with ”Droulias Brothers” band.
What is Kataklysmos
On June 24th we are marking Pentecost Monday, or Kataklysmos, which falls fifty days after Orthodox Easter.
Kataklysmos means The Festival of the Flood and it is a popular religious feast in Cyprus. This traditional celebration relates to the Book of Genesis, and Noah’s Ark and the flood that destroyed almost all living creatures.
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