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I welcome all those present at the 18th Cultural Music and Dance Festival of Ormidea.
It is a great honour to be here today to share with you this special moment, where we celebrate the richness and diversity of our culture, as the Festival is one of the established events of the Ormidia Cultural Group, which is organized every summer as part of its cultural activities aimed at preserving and disseminating the cultural heritage and folk traditions of our land.
Throughout the course of this festival, the organizers have shown exceptional enduring interest in creating a music and dance cultural event that will transmit our rich heritage to new generations and encourage exchange and understanding between different cultures.
The Ormidea Festival, enhanced by the cultural and other artistic events of the wider region, has now become an institution and a wonderful opportunity to discover and enjoy the tradition, music and dance that surround our lives. In such activities that unite and inspire us, we explore the infinite wealth, thus enhancing the value of our cultural identity.
Besides, this gathering brings together artists, musicians, dancers and groups from different regions, offering a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, techniques and experiences. Through concerts, performances, workshops and exhibitions, participants have the opportunity to delve into our tradition and discover new expressive forms.
Tonight's evening is dedicated to the work of the iconic lyricist, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou. To the Greek singer who has won the public's appreciation with her dynamic voice and her interpretive skills. She excelled especially in the 1950s, signing the lyrics of unforgettable songs that were magnified by the greatest popular composers. She even represented Greece in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "When you will arrive".
Apart from her musical career, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou has also participated in theatrical performances and has also appeared in TV shows and serials. Tonight we have the pleasure of seeing something great, and really, how many times do we get such an opportunity?
We will celebrate the artist's life and legacy. We will honor her contribution to art and her influence on culture.
Joining us tonight is the Pilgrim Music Group. We will enjoy Theodolos Papageorgiou, Panagiotis Angelogallos, Leno Katsonis, Nicolas Fesias, Michael Michael Michael and Lambrianos Kyprianou.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
At this festival we not only talk about the past, but we also focus on what we can do to shape a creative future. We recognise that our cultural heritage is alive and dynamic, and we can enhance its evolution by adapting it to new times by expressing diversity.
However, it is also important to look ahead and shape a future that combines tradition with innovation. We can explore new dimensions and create contemporary expressive forms that connect the past with the present and the future. Tradition is ourselves. And today we are here to unfold the unique cultural character of Cyprus. That is, the promotion of the local tradition, which you, for eighteen consecutive years, have been implementing with passion and enthusiasm.
I assure you that the Government supports every initiative that focuses on the effort to continue folklore events, those coherent data that are not just passed on from generation to generation, but as a practical formulation and experience of people's everyday life, of human life itself through literature, music, folk museums, customs and traditions, manifested in their social dimension, adding cognitive interest. Moreover, the relationship between knowledge and the cultivation of the spirit, which has its starting point in ancient Greek civilisation and has proved infallible to this day, must be eternal. So let us take this opportunity to be inspired by our cultural heritage and create communities like yours, based on culture and art.
Friends
Every September in Ormideia there is also the Pomegranate Festival, which also includes dancing, singing, ciattis and eno.... many pomegranates and their various derivatives.
This constant action and effort for evolution, for change, for free expression, for a new perspective, demonstrates that the people of Ormideia are not complacent, but leave their imprint through creation. They feel that culture is education, culture, continuity.
After all, this action was born in our Liberation Struggle in 1956 under the umbrella of ASO Ormideia. Since 2002, the Cultural Club continues to actively promote the folk tradition of Cyprus and the entire Greek area.
The interest of the club is demonstrated by the number of people who are active since more than 150 people of all ages participate in its activities. It has also hosted and hosted several clubs from Greece and Finland.
This continuous action and effort for evolution, for change, for free expression, for a new perspective, demonstrates that the people of Ormideia are not complacent, but leave their imprint. They feel that culture is education, culture, continuity.
An institution is consolidated by its work, with constant self-criticism and with a parallel opening to the local community, without ever resorting to discounts. And this, undoubtedly, you have achieved.
Allow me to congratulate the Ormidia Cultural Club again, to thank you for your warm hospitality and to wish you to continue as dynamically to support our place and our society through your great actions and initiatives.
I wish you all a wonderful time.
Have a good summer to all.
(PM/EP)
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