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Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Iosif Hadjikyriakos
Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Petroula Hadjittofi
Iosif Hadjikyriakos
Description: 

The type-writing class at the Pancyprian Commercial High School, during the school year 1933–1934. Among the students, who wear costumes, are distinguished in the lower row, from left to right, second Kostakis Pieridis, third Georgios (Kokos) Tzirkotis and fourth Andreas O. Evriviadis. On the blackboard, behind the student’s desks, is written with white chalk on the black board: “Commercial Lyceum Larnaca Type-writing-class touch-system R[emin]gton machines”. Phivos Stavridis Foundation – Larnaka Archives, Φ.Σ.Φ.Κ1.25.

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Charlotte Steffen
Iosif Hadjikyriakos
Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Petroula Hadjittofi
Iosif Hadjikyriakos
Description: 

The brothers Renos and Andreas Evrιviades, around 1928. The older brother, in  white shirt and long pants with a belt, is holding a tennis racket, while the younger one, with shorts and an elastic belt with a metal snake-shaped buckle,  is holding a small ball. Louis Perentos – Evros Evriviades archives

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

A group of men sitting in front of a coffee shop in Lefkara 

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

Men photographed while harvesting the crop. The one in the foreground was wearing a woven sleeveless top over a light coloured  shirt,  probably black, baggy knee-breeches (vraka) and a light-coloured striped sash  around his waist. On his head he wears a white a scarf to protect head and ears. 

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

A man dressed in the traditional urban Greek Cypriot costume was performing the traditional 'dance of the sickle'.  The costume was worn in the urban centres until the end of the 19th century comprised of a shirt, a vraka (baggy pleated breeches) of black cotton, zostra (a coloured silk sash), yelekkin (sleeveless waistcoat), a black headscarf, and podines (top-boots) 

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

A re-enactment of a traditional Greek Cypriot wedding. The groom was photographed with his best men. They are all wearing the traditional Greek Cypriot costume worn by men in the urban centres until the end of the 19th century comprised of a shirt, a vraka (baggy pleated breeches) of black cotton, zostra (a coloured silk sash for the groom and a cotton black sash for the best men), yelekkin (sleeveless waistcoat) and a black headscarf.

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

A re-enactment of a traditional Greek Cypriot wedding. The groom is wearing the traditional costume worn by men in the urban centres until the end of the 19th century comprised of a shirt, a vraka (baggy pleated breeches) of black cotton, zostra (a coloured silk sash), yelekkin (sleeveless waistcoat), a black headscarf.

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

A winnower,  carrying a five-pronged pitchfork. He is wearing a dark coloured  shirt,  probably black baggy knee-breeches (vraka) and a striped light-coloured sash  around his waist.  On his head he wears a white a scarf to protect head and ears. 

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

Two men photographed while winnowing. The man on the left was wearing a dark coloured  shirt,  probably black, baggy knee-breeches (vraka), a striped light-coloured sash around his waist, and leather peasant boots. On his head he wears a white scarf to protect head and ears. The man on the right is wearing a light coloured shirt, probably black, baggy knee-breeches (vraka) and a light-coloured striped sash around his waist. He is barefoot. On his head he wears a white scarf to protect head and ears. 

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Christina Roditou
Author: 
Christina Roditou
Description: 

A man at a coffee shop in a village in Cyprus. He is wearing a dark coloured jacket over a light coloured shirt, a black pleated baggy trousers (vraka), dark coloured knee-length socks and shoes. On his head he is wearing a light coloured hat with a black band.  

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