#Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival

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A press conference for the '19th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival' was held

The Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival, which will be organized for the 19th time by Girne Municipality, in cooperation with Beylerbeyi Mukhtar’s Office and Green Peace Movement, and with the communication sponsorship of TRNC Telsim, will be held on 4-5 May this year. Continue reading A press conference for the ’19th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival’ was held

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The 19th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival Held On 4/5th May

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14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival 4th and 5th May

14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival 4th and 5th May

14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival will be held in Bellapais Monastery car park area on 4th and 5th May. (more…)

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15th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival going online on 22-23 May With the cooperation of Girne Municipality, Beylerbeyi Mukhtar, and the Green Peace Movement, a press conference was held on 13th May in the Girne Municipality Service Building regarding the festival that will take place on social media.

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17th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival ended on 1st May 2022

17th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival ended on 1st May 2022

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Online 16th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival between 1st - 2nd May.

Online 16th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival between 1st – 2nd May.

A press conference was held at the Girne Municipality Service Building regarding the 16th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival, which will be held again this year on social media in cooperation with Girne Municipality, Beylerbeyi Muhtarlığı and the Green Peace Movement. (more…)

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Girne Municipality, Beylerbeyi Mukhtar, Green Peace Movement, Bellapais Protection and Development Association organised the 14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival which was held on 4th and 5th May.

The festival, which was held in Bellapais Monastery car park area, included various music concerts, dance and folklore shows. The opening ceremony of the festival was attended by President Mustafa Akıncı, Minister of Labour and Social Security – Zeki Çeler, Girne Mayor – Nidai Güngördü, Beylerbeyi Mukhtar – Niyazi Engin and Secretary General of the Green Peace Movement – Doğan Sahir.

President Mustafa Akıncı, in his speech at the opening of the festival, said that Bellapais is one of the most beautiful places in Cyprus, not just Girne. He added that the products made from the silkworm were also contributing to tourism and handicrafts.

President Akıncı, met with the Mayor of Girne, Nidai Güngördü, and said the event in Beylerbeyi (Bellapais) was significant in terms of content and congratulated the organisers of the event.

Zeki Çeler, Minister of Labour and Social Security, pointed out the importance of festivals in the region to promote a product and region. He stressed that with the 14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival it is one of the oldest festivals in Girne. Minister Çeler thanked those who had contributed to the festival for the last 14 years.

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Girne Mayor Nidai Güngördü, said in his speech that 14 years ago, the festival was started with the initiative of the Green Peace Movement, and the Municipality was included in the following years. Nidai Güngördı pointed out that thanks to the festival, awareness of the silk cocoon was created and a cooperative was established for this purpose. Güngördü emphasized that the aim of the cooperative is to bring together the producers of the products, who are engaged in manual work but have difficulty in selling them.

Beylerbeyi Mukhtar Niyazi Engin said that they would do their best to promote the silk cocoons and handicrafts in the village to tourists and in addition the introduction of activities in the primary school will be transferred to the next generations.

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Speaking at the closing of the festival, the Secretary General of the Green Peace Movement, Dogan Sahir, said that the festival started when the silk cocoon work was about to disappear and that its value has been recognised by raising awareness. Dogan Sahir, said with this awareness of the silkworm, the mulberry trees also gained value.

14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival was held in Bellapais Girne Municipality, Beylerbeyi Mukhtar, Green Peace Movement, Bellapais Protection and Development Association organised the 14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival which was held on 4th and 5th May.

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17th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival is starting on 30th April

17th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival is starting on 30th April

Girne Municipality, the Beylerbeyi Authority and the Green Peace Movement are cooperating together to organise the festival which is being held 30th April to 1st May Girne Mayor, Nidai Güngördü, said that they were delighted to organize the 17th of these festivals. By increasing the number of mulberry trees and protecting them, silkworm  breeding and the cocoon industry would be kept alive and…

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Bellapais 14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival 4th/5th May 2019

Bellapais 14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival 4th/5th May 2019

A press conference for the 14th Cyprus Silk Cocoon Festival has been held. (more…)

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By Margaret Sheard ….

We were recently invited by a long time friend, Linda Fraim, to visit her friend’s new venture in Bellapais.

We visited Café Paganini, a venue which has just been opened by Aras Karabalyan, which is a very different type of meeting place.   Meeting place is exactly what Aras has in mind, as he wants Café Paganini to be a place where people meet up for tea/coffee and cake and to relax and talk together, with maybe just a little classical music in the background.   Chris and I spent a long time chatting to both Aras and Linda, about many subjects, which is exactly the theme of the café.

As an added bonus, the Café is located in the most appropriate spot, right opposite Bellapais Abbey.  In fact the building where the café is situated was once the guest house for travellers visiting the Abbey.

Aras told me he will be serving infused teas and good coffee and there will be a selection of home-made cakes and biscuits to enjoy, he will also probably include wine at a later date. There will be special Mozaik Chocolate Cake and also sorbet, and on special occasions they will serve Canadian Pancakes, Egg Muffins and other surprises.   It is important to Aras to get away from the now accepted ready-made products which most of us tend to use for convenience.   This is a sample of his forthcoming menu.

As well as a place to meet with friends and enjoy the café atmosphere, there is a range of paintings for sale, also jewellery which is one of the things Aras had dealings with in the past with his Secret Window shop in Karakum.   There are lovely pictures made from silk cocoons, so it is not just a café, but also a place where you can find some interesting gift items.

There is seating both inside and outside where of course there is a magnificent view of the Abbey and it is a nice place to sit and watch the world go by.

Aras was born in Istanbul and lived in Toronto, Canada for 25 years before coming to North Cyprus to make his home here.   He is very interested in the music festivals held at Bellapais Abbey twice yearly and has appropriately named his café after one of the great composers.

While we sat talking to Aras and Linda, we were also joined by Aras’s mother, Şake Karabalyan, who we were told has played the piano since she was a small child, having lessons from a German tutor. She speaks several languages, graduating from the Austrian High School in Istanbul, she is fluent in the German language.

Café Paganini will be open Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Mondays) from 9am to 9pm from the 10th September.  

It is situated on the right hand side as you proceed to the Bellapais Abbey car park, you can’t miss it.

    Café Paganini, new in Bellapais By Margaret Sheard .... We were recently invited by a long time friend, Linda Fraim, to visit her friend’s new venture in Bellapais.