With the slogan "All Cyprus a company! Flood 2013 ", the biggest flood festival is taking place again this year on the coastal front of the Palm Trees of Larnaca from Friday, June 21 until next Wednesday, the 26th of the month.The fund that will be spent by the Municipality of Larnaca for the flood has been reduced by 30% compared to last year, said in a press conference the Mayor of Larnaca Andreas Louroutziatis who noted that "every year focusing on Larnaca, the Flood Festival is held with appropriate for such a celebration ".
The Mayor of Larnaca said that "the city of Zenon, inextricably linked to this Folk Festival, managed through the years to maintain and promote the tradition."
The diverse artistic program will be attended by folk poets, dancers and singers who will compete with each other, while satire, theatrical moments and children's programs will have their honorary this year as well.
Larnaca, according to its mayor, "includes every year in the program of the Flood water sports competitions as well as swimming competitions that take place in the swimming pool of the Larnaca Nautical Club, while Europe Square will host for another year, the Chess Tournament".
The Pancyprian Beach - Volley Competition will be held on the beach of Finikoudes ". Well-known names of artists from Cyprus and Greece also attended this great celebration.
An important element, said Andreas Louroutziatis, is the fact that "for the period of the Flood Festival, special prices will be offered from 11 hotel accommodations in Larnaca for the Cypriots who will want to visit Larnaca".
He added that "parking in municipal parking lots and parking meters will be free from June 17 until the 26th of the month."
The big sponsor of the events is "Piraeus Bank" and in its greeting its First Executive Director, George Appios, stated that "after its pioneering initiative to offer free parking in the Municipalities of Nicosia and Limassol for the Holy Week, Bank Piraeus offers to the Municipality of Larnaca for the days of the Flood ".
Among the events that will take place in the context of the celebration of the Flood are traditional songs with Michalis Terlikkas, the band "Onirama", will also appear the singers Vera Boufi, Marios Koumas, George Doukas, Eleonora Zouganeli, George Giannous, D Argyros and Lefteris Pantazis.
There will also be a poetic confrontation with love songs, Cypriot poems and tsiattista, a Flute and Balo competition, a Greek Song Competition by amateur singers, and a concert by Michalis Hadjimichael and the Kimon Para Xymotymbos Dance Ensemble, "Musmata Pe.
In addition, as part of the events for the feast of the Holy Spirit, the Municipality of Larnaca in collaboration with the University UCLan Cyprus organize on Thursday, June 27 at 9 pm on the beach of Finikoudes "an exciting visual journey to the sun through a live connection with NASA".
According to UCLan University spokesman Stefano Thomson, "during the night" the audience will have the opportunity to see the moon and the planets of the solar system with telescopes ".