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North Cyprus Olive Festival, 2009

Yes it’s that time of year again and it’s going to be a bumper North Cyprus Olive Festival for 2009! This event has been taking place for a number of years, gradually growing in size and popularity to become one of the major festivals in North Cyprus. Read more

Gypsy Devils Rock Salamis!

A real treat occurred at Salamis recently, with the one of the highlights to end the 13th Gazi Magusa International Arts & Culture Festival being a super show by the Gypsy Devils.  Salamis can hold around 2,000 people which by the time the band were due to arrive on stage was just slightly short of full. President Mehmet Ali Talat and his wife, First Lady Oya Talat, also arrived for an anticipated great night’s entertainment. Read more

13th Gazi Mağusa International Festival of Art and Culture 2009

We are a little late in writing this article given the fact it’s already started, but it would be remiss of us not to mention the 13th Gazi Magusa International Festival of Art and Culture! Read more

Zeytinlik, North Cyprus

Zeytinlik, (zeytin meaning olive), is located on the western low-lying outskirts of Kyrenia. As you may guess by its name, Zeytinlik was the centre of olive oil production in the past, and it still retains some of its original character with people having kept the trees in their gardens and some of the old olive groves still remaining too. Read more

Ozanköy Flower Show, May 2009, North Cyprus

All pics courtesy of The Ozanköy Flower Show – www.ozankoyflowershow.com

As we pass through the very short spring and on into summer (we hope, after all the rain this year!), it’s a time of year which is full of community activity as well as the burst of colour from our gardens. One event which was hugely successful last year was the first North Cyprus Ozanköy Flower Show, held and organised by the Five Fingers Restaurant in Ozanköy and which is owned and run by Alex and Libby Main.  This year the name has been changed slightly to incorporate another important part of North Cyprus’s heritage and is now called the Ozanköy Flower Show and Carob Festival. Read more

Bellapais, North Cyprus

The village of Bellapais, (also known as Bellapaix or Beylerberi), sits majestically on the slopes of the Kyrenia mountain range and can be reached from the eastern side of Kyrenia by turning right at the traffic lights and following signs for Doğanköy and Beylerbeyi. It is about a 15 minute drive from Kyrenia. You can’t really miss the village actually, given the sight of the glorious Bellapais Abbey sitting in the centre of it! Read more

Festival Scene in North Cyprus

North Cyprus has a large festival scene, and there are more and more festivals being formed every year it seems! You can attend village festivals that play on the particular speciality that the village lends its name to, or you can feast on the international music and culture festivals at some of the great historical venues in TRNC. Read more

Music Scene in North Cyprus

North Cyprus is home to a really wide variety of music and musicians of various genre, and you can find some great venues across the island in which to listen to music, get involved or dance to what you hear! The island is a base for some wonderful home-grown talent in the classical music genre and in the rock world too, and there are music classes and private tuition available on the island for youngsters to learn new skills. Read more

Arts Scene in North Cyprus

North Cyprus has a healthy regard for art, and perhaps due to the island’s centuries long history, there is a surviving enthusiasm for culture that has lasted down the ages, keeping it alive and well amongst the local population. What’s more, Cypriot art and culture is equally popular and of interest to visitors, and some of this interest has resulted in foreign artists producing their own books about art in North Cyprus. Read more

Folk Dancing in North Cyprus

Folk dancing has very deep roots here in North Cyprus and in fact, across Cyprus as a whole. The rich history of Cyprus means that its culture and arts such dancing have been influenced by many centuries and the traditions of the latter are being kept alive and well with folk dancing displays being given to the pubic on a regular basis. Attend any of the yearly North Cyprus festivals and you will no doubt be treated to a wonderful example of traditional dancing. Read more

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