cymart wrote:Most of you missed the main point I was trying to make yesterday:what were conditions like in those villages before 1974,compared to others in nearby locations in Paphos district such as Lysos,Polis etc?How did people get around,bearing in mind the roads were not asphalted and there probably was no electricity either in some of them-how did they survive,what diet did they have etc etc?O.K. so many of them had no cars,no t.v's,computers etc or any of the paraphernalia we seem to regard as essential nowadays!But were they unhappy?I am not really interested in the political aspects but I have heard that most of them got along well with the G.C's they knew in neighbouring villages and spoke their language etc.
I realise that there were many old people living in these remote places and after 35 years most of them are probably dead by now,but are there any younger ones who can remember first-hand what things were like before?
Thanks.
People were not unhappy in old days cymart .They were all busy on their fields . As u said there was no electricity in their villages , everything was done by hand or by animals .İt was very difficult farming for them .All the families were working in the fields . Once a month or every 3-4 months they were going to city to get some of their needs .They all wanted their kids to get good education and better life .
İn their village they were helping to each other to finish the farming or making new house for their kids .... there was a great respect between eachother .... School teachers were their guide .....
there was no daily meat products in their villages may be once a week or 2-3 times in a month . Every thing was eating at growing up times of it ...some of them were dried for winter .They were making their own bread , macaroni . Tahrana ,hellim . wheat and bulgur . There was no special diets in those days .... They were eating their own fresh eggs and house hens ,rabbits ........ for a breakfast they were eating what has been left from night .... Most of the times in the fields they were eating Bulgur pilaf .boiled broadbeans....... tomatoes , cucumber , olives and hellim too... most of their entertainments were weddings .... usually it was done at summer times , when the farming times were over .... some of them were lasted for a week .
trans portation was very difficult for them most of the times they were using donkeys for it .... some of them had bicycle too .
There was no tractor .... farming has been done with cows . Most of the villages had co-oparatives in their villages .
that's all for time being .....
good luck with your work .....
