The OMY Festival will be held for the first time this year, in the picturesque village of Omodos.
This festival aims to offer fun and entertainment to both visitors and residents and on the other hand to promote the knowledge of tradition and culture, with references to the natural landscape through exploration and experimentation.
It is the representation of the rich culture that the village has, through creative actions that are part of other thematic units.
The festival will take place on the 7th, 8th and 9th of July and will include workshops, guided tours, treasure hunting, dance performances, music performances, play in the park (subject in tradition) and much more.
Location:
Omodos Village
Lemesos District
Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
The festival will take place in the following places:
Community Council Hall (next to the Church)
Little Theater at the Central Square of the Village
In the empty space with cypresses (formerly the playground)
At the Gymnasium Amphitheater
Programme of the Festival:
07/07/17 Friday
16.00 - 18.00 «Platho»
Guided tours to the traditional ovens of the village (upon agreement and consent with the owners).
08.00 - 10.00 «Arkatema»
Performance / Music and Dance Event with 2 musical ensambles and a dance group.
SELLAS Dance Theater Group
Play Title: "Rise". A Choreography by Maria Kamperi.
Starring: Erica Photiou, Gavriella Siekkeri, Georgia Konstantinou.
"Favorite Greek and Cypriot Songs".
Musical program by Soprano Penelope Karaolia Prokopiou. Procopis Prokopiou accompanies her on the guitar.
DOUMAN DUMMAN. Rebetiko music company with guitar, accordion, tzura, baglamas, and other. Nikolas Kamberis.
08/07/2017 Saturday
10.00 - 12.00 "Me to modo sou"
Thematic Treasure Hunt. Participants are asked to answer puzzles about the tradition of the village that will gradually lead them to the point of the treasure, as they wander in the alleys of the village ....
Design by Maria Kamperi
12.30 - 14.30 «Compudin Dendroudin»
Creative art play in the park with subject on tradition.
Design: Evi Loizou
14.30 - 16.00 DOUMAN DUMMAN in the village cafeteria ....
Rebetiko music company with guitar, accordion, tzura, baglamas, and other. Nikolas Kamberis.
17.00 - 20.00 «Political Expression of Movement»
Experiential Cross-Movement Workshop - Discussion.
Design: Dara Milovanovic University of Nicosia
09/07/2017 Sunday
10.00 - 12.00 "Kombos enas kombos allos"
Dance-theater workshop and speech about embroidery. Involvement of women doing embroidery, film projection. In the Community Council Hall (next to the Church)
Catering: Katerina Skoufari and Maria Camperi
12.00 - 13.00 «Quintus Ensemble»
Musical journey to the music of Manos Hadjidakis and Vassilis Tsitsanis with 5 musicians (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn). Savvas Christodoulou (flute), Natali Neophytou (oboe), Christiana Antonoudiou (clarinet), Evangelos Christodoulou (fagotto), Annita Squtella (French horn).
From Friday, July 07, 2017
To Sunday, July 09, 2017
