Island Social Life

John Stathatos: Enthronement of the new Bishop of Kythera, Chora, 30.7.2005. Digital photograph. On July 30th, the new Bishop of Kythera, Serafim Stergioulis, was enthroned in the Church of the Saviour in Chora in the pr...

John Stathatos: Enthronement of the new Bishop of Kythera, Chora, 30.7.2005. Digital photograph. On July 30th, the new Bishop of Kythera, Serafim Stergioulis, was enthroned in the Church of the Saviour in Chora in the pr...

For those of us who can stay at a patriko spitti when we venture to Kythera, one of the most onerous tasks we have to perform is scrubbing, cleaning and airing the house. This is the view across the bodjio in the Tzortzo...

The babies from Mitata argue over a bottle of Baileys having slightly outgrown their bibs.

The brides of Kythera! these lovely ladies with their lace and lashes were a big favourite in this year's parade.

A band of hell bent school children come out to play from Avlemonas.

Mary Poppins directs her gang of young chimney sweeps from Karvounades junior school.

Children in colourful fish costumes speak out against sea polution.

Two rowdy gnomes dance their pointy socks off in the fairy-tale creatures procession.

... the zoo containing his new wife, Camilla, who's name of course in Greek translates as... camel!

One word: Adorable!

Charles and his first wife Diana followed by...

The gymnastics group giving a very funny rendition of themselves with overfed bodies and weights made of bread loaves. The climax came when, having presumably jumped up and down for a sufficient length of time, their ove...

This year's carnival mascot in Livadi Carnival- Miss Carnival, a beautiful herald of the spring time.

Owned by: George & Judith Rizomarkos Phone 27360-34346 e-mail: rizolaar@hotmail.com See: http://www.kythira.info/infokyth/karavas.htm

mid 80's summer dance at avlemonas

As in part one, in a traditional Kytherian Kitchen friends and neighbours gather together. from left to right: Mariam, a well known and much loved Kytherian nun, Stavroula Kastrisiou, Vasilikoula Evthimiou, "Papa" Evthim...

Sofoula Kominou with a little girl and her goat in April of 1952.

Packed into a truck, ready to olive pick in Paliopoli in December 1983, are: from left to right Georgios Friligkos, Despina Kastrisiou, the brothers Petros and Diamantis Notaras, middle Chrysi Notara, Metaksoula Friligko...

Celebrations on the day known as clean Monday, the Monday after the Carnival weekend, in the year of 1940 when the picture was taken it fell on March the 11.