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The beautiful mascot of the Livadi carnival!

Panagiotis Katsoulis on the Laouto and "Pitsiakas" on the violin... Pitsikas died around three-four years back, but in his old age he is still remembered as the lovely old gentleman with the violin who went round playing...

Grigoria Magoula on her wedding day with the Samios family. Not all of the names of the guests are known, those that are are as follows: The girl in red on the left is Eyklia, the girl on the right Eleni, sister of the g...

Grigoria Samios on her wedding day, flanked by her mother Gianoula, her father Theodore and little brides maid Efklia. The whole family later moved with the bride and groom to Australia.

The procession of the icon of Panayia Myrtidiotissa on 15th August 1966.

Before the port was built on Kythera people departing the island were ferried by rowboat to a ship anchored futher offshore. Photographs taken: 1932 Village: Agia Pelagia

John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separate parades, in Potamos and in Livathi....

John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separate parades, in Potamos and in Livathi....

John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separate parades, in Potamos and in Livathi....

John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separate parades, in Potamos and in Livathi....

John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separate parades, in Potamos and in Livathi....

John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separate parades, in Potamos and in Livathi....

Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003 John Stathatos: Carnival parade, Livathi, March 2003. Digital photograph. Carnival parades are an old tradition on the island, though the venues fluctuate. In 2003, there were separat...

This photo was taken by Maria Pentes on her first trip to Kythera in 1967. Pictured second from right is her yiayia Stella Aroney (nee Nikolasou, born in Aronyiadika). They are hanging out with family and friends at the...

This photo was taken by Maria Pentes on her first trip to Kythera in 1967.

A group photo of what must be the daily customers at a cafenion in Logothetianica 1954

A final shot of this strong man holding the steel bar in his teeth with bending the steel with his hands. Potamos 1954

Another shot of this strong man bending the steel bar with his bare hands. Potamos

Interesting set of 3 pictures. I believe taken in Potamos of a "strong man." Not sure who it is or what the occasion, but my Uncle Ted Gavrilys is on the right and is helping hold a piece of steel this man had bent with...