All the information below are taken and translated from the leaflets of the Akrotiri Enviromental Education Centre Akrotiri village is situated on the southern part of Cyprus. It is believed that it was a separate island which later attached to the main land of Cyprus. In the middle of the village there is a salt lake which hosts various species of fauna and flora. Villagers have been using plants that grow in this area such as ‘floudi’, ‘samadji’, ‘sklinidji’, ‘rousouthkia’ and ‘hondros’.

All the information below is taken and translαted from Mr Onisiforos Neophytou’s booklet, The Basketry in Mesogi, Pafos, 2014 There are no written testimonials about when people first started basketmaking in Mesogi. It might have been around the end of the 19th century or the beginning of 20th century, due…