Arte e Cultura
Cyprus Handcrafted Heritage - Classes with BE OPEN and CVAR attended by 160 children
This initiative was devised with the aim of popularization and preservation of traditional Cyprus fabric production techniques. Each session consisted of a lecture on craft-related entrepreneurship and a master-class of traditional Cypriot weaving.
The lecture was prepared by a young entrepreneur Andreani Panayide, who shared her own journey from starting to explore her cultural heritage to establishing a fashion brand that trades in accessories and clothes internationally. She said,
Elli Filokyprou, a weaver of over 20 years of experience, who runs her weaving workshop in the village of Gourri, taught the children master classes of actual weaving on small transportable looms, and helped them create their own pieces of fabric with colourful patterns.
The classes titled were supported and inaugurated by representatives of Cyprus's cultural and educational authorities and institutions. The Deputy Minister of Culture Dr. Vasiliki Kassianidou commented:
On behalf of the Minister of Education, Sport and Youth of
Cyprus , Permanent Secretary Dr. Marina Ioannou Hasapi took the floor to thank all of those who have worked to prepare the workshop and come to appreciate and preserve
Cyprus's rich cultural heritage. She added that in order to do so, the Ministry " ."
Mayor of Nicosia Constantinos Yiorkadjis congratulated everyone on the "wonderful opportunity to learn our traditions, and learn them by practice which is the best way." I believe it will be great," he added, "assuming that you like these classes, if some of you actually create some of the future wear for us."
After words of encouragement from Anna Zavou Christoforou, the Internal Audit Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus , CVAR Founder Dr. Rita C. Severis expressed her joy to b able to offer children the chance to learn about their traditional handicrafts, she concluded.
Finally, Founder of BE OPEN Elena Baturina welcomed the children, thanked the project supporters and explained why keeping the handcraft traditions alive is so important for people of all ages: "
After the speeches were over, BE OPEN announced that both the professional transportable looms used for demonstration in the master classes would be passed over to the authors of the workshop as a gift from Elena Baturina , to " ."
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