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  1. What happens on 6 January, Epiphany, in coastal towns of Cyprus?
  2. Which celebration, held on the feast day of the saint whose name a person bears, is widely marked in Cyprus?
  3. What do many Cypriots do on Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera), the first day of Orthodox Lent?
  4. What do people say at midnight on Holy Saturday after the priest announces the Resurrection?
  5. What are 'kalanda' in Cyprus?
  6. Which folk creatures of Greek and Cypriot tradition are said to cause mischief during the twelve days of Christmas?
  7. What does a blue glass eye charm, often hung in Cypriot homes, protect against?
  8. In which city is the annual Wine Festival held each year in late summer in the Municipal Gardens?
  9. What is the Anthestiria festival?
  10. How do you say 'thank you' in Greek?
  11. What does 'Kalimera' mean in Greek?
  12. What does the Greek phrase 'Kali orexi' mean?
  13. What does the word 'filoxenia' mean in Greek and Cypriot culture?
  14. Which ancient writing system of Cyprus, used in the Late Bronze Age, has still not been deciphered?
  15. What is the iconostasis in an Orthodox church?
  16. Why do many painted churches of the Troodos have steep wooden roofs?
  17. Tradition says that Leonardo da Vinci visited Lefkara and took a piece of lace back to Italy. Which building is it said to decorate?
  18. UNESCO lists the art of dry stone walling, a craft practised in Cyprus, as which kind of heritage?
  19. What was the Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia, which closed in 2005?
  20. From which region did the ancestors of the Maronite community of Cyprus migrate in the Middle Ages?
  21. Where do most Armenian Cypriots live?
  22. What is the religion of the large majority of Greek Cypriots?
  23. What is the Turkish word for 'thank you', used by Turkish Cypriots?
  24. Which place of worship is the Hala Sultan Tekke?
  25. Which Orthodox saint is the patron of the Church of Cyprus and has his feast on 11 June?
  26. The Church of Cyprus calculates the date of Easter by which rule?
  27. What do Cypriots call a traditional coffeehouse, often found in villages?
  28. What is Eteocypriot?
  29. What is carried through the streets on the evening of Good Friday in Cypriot Orthodox churches?
  30. What is a 'lambada' in the Greek Orthodox Easter tradition?
  31. Orthodox Easter Sunday falls on 12 April. Pentecost Sunday is 49 days later, and Kataklysmos is celebrated the next day. On which date is Kataklysmos?
  32. What is Tsiknopempti, in the weeks before Lent in Cyprus?
  33. Which religious feast falls on 25 March, the same day as Greek Independence Day?
  34. What is a 'panigiri' in a Cypriot village?
  35. How long is the Nativity Fast before Christmas in the Orthodox calendar?

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