Carnival Photograph

CYLHA.10.059 (3) This photograph, taken in the post-war period of the 1940s, shows a lively group dressed in festive costumes. The individuals depicted include Varvara Siasiari-Christou, originally from Tsada, Paphos (Mrs. Maria Potamiti’s assistant); Faidon Potamitis, dressed as a jester with a whimsical hat and holding an ukulele; and siblings Evangelitsa and Marios Onisiforou, who lived in the neighboring house of the Potamitis family. Evangelitsa is dressed in a traditional or festive costume, while Marios is dressed as a bullfighter, complete with a decorative jacket, cape, and a cheerful expression. The siblings’ mother, Despina, née Markari, was the sister of the mathematician Mr. Pericles Markaris, father of Argy Markaris, former director of the Limassol Water Board, and grandfather of Pericles Markaris, current president of KOEA, and Mr. Dimitris Markaris, the secretary of the Laniteio Gymnasium and father of orthopedic surgeon Mr. Markos Markaris. Their father was Mr. Nikos Onisiforou.