shahmaran wrote:Miltiades look up the meaning of "indigenous" and come back, I am sure you are clever enough to use Google.
You should read a book or 2, it really helps
Lets see who needs to read a book or two, perhaps you can point me to book that states Cyprus does not have indegenous people.
Native Cypriots have endured millennia of multiple invaders, yet retain their cultural integrity and claim to land, despite losing half their island to Turkish invaders.
The Cypriot Academy proclaims, "For the Cypriot people have endured long: through century upon century of foreign domination. It is an experience that has served to strengthen and enrich us. Invaders may have contributed to our culture, our language, our genes. But they could not supplant us. Nor could they crush our indomitable spirit."
Such long exposure to the depredations of colonialism has brought its hard-won lessons for the aboriginal people of Cyprus. That wisdom regarding the colonial experience can be seen in some of their traditional proverbs:
Ab’ apia bolla balluja, mbenni je ganenan ston golon du.
Read more at Suite101: Indigenous Cyprus: Cypriot Claim to Traditional Land, Language, Culture and Identity http://www.suite101.com/content/indigen ... z0zft1djx5
