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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. 

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) 

Two young women dressed in Greek Cypriot traditional costumes were photographed while performing the traditional 'Antikiristos' dance. The woman on the left is dressed in the 'Amalia' type costume while the one on the right is wearing the costume with sayia. The 'Amalia' type costume that was linked with the name of Amalia, Queen of Greece (1836-1862), and was established in urban centres in Cyprus by the mid 19th century as a variation of the Greek national costume. It is made up of a dress or skirt above a silk chemise and a felt or velvet jacket, the sarka, with gold ornamentation. The waist was girded by a belt with a filigree clasp or a tied sash with embroidered ends. The head was covered with scarves or, in the urban original, with a fez. The Cypriot fez, which was different from the one used in Greece, had two black silk tassels, a short one which was fixed to the crown and covered the whole cap in a radial pattern, and another one falling to the shoulder on the side. The fez was decorated with garlands of flowers made of tiny pearls and braided with silk.  The sayia, a long-sleeved coat open down the front, was worn over pantaloons decorated with woven embroidery. On her waist, thh woman on the right, she tied a colourful headscarf. 

A young woman carrying a jug on her shoulder. She is wearing the 'Amalia' type costume that was linked with the name of Amalia, Queen of Greece (1836-1862), and was established in urban centres in Cyprus by the mid 19th century as a variation of the Greek national costume. It is made up of a dress or skirt above a silk chemise and a felt or velvet jacket, the sarka, with gold ornamentation. The waist was girded by a belt with a filigree clasp or a tied sash with embroidered ends. The head was covered with scarves or, in the urban original, with a fez. The Cypriot fez, which was different from the one used in Greece, had two black silk tassels, a short one which was fixed to the crown and covered the whole cap in a radial pattern, and another one falling to the shoulder on the side. The fez was decorated with garlands of flowers made of tiny pearls and braided with silk.

Young woman carrying a jug on her shoulder. She is wearing a light coloured jacket, probably white, over a light coloured shirt, a dark coloured striped skirt and a colourful headscarf. 

A woman photographed sitting by a water spring dressed in the traditional 'Amalia' type costume that was linked with the name of Amalia, Queen of Greece (1836-1862), and was established in urban centres in Cyprus by the mid 19th century as a variation of the Greek national costume. It is made up of a dress or skirt above a silk chemise and a felt or velvet jacket, the sarka, with gold ornamentation. The waist was girded by a belt with a filigree clasp or a tied sash with embroidered ends. The head was covered with scarves or, in the urban original, with a fez.  The Cypriot fez, which was different from the one used in Greece, had two black silk tassels, a short one which was fixed to the crown and covered the whole cap in a radial pattern, and another one falling to the shoulder on the side. The fez was decorated with garlands of flowers made of tiny pearls and braided with silk.

Two young women dressed in traditional costumes with the sayia, a long-sleeved coat open down the front, worn over pantaloons decorated with woven embroidery. 

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.

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.

A re-enactment of a traditional Greek Cypriot wedding. The bride is wearing a white wedding dress and the groom the costume worn in the urban centres by men until the early  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.