By Zafeiros Anastasiou
Yes, my lady, there is a free Famagusta! It is the place where all of Cyprus gathers every summer. It is the place with the best beaches of this island (22 beaches are awarded with Blue Flags!). It is the place with the largest percentage of tourism in Cyprus (43% in the province of Famagusta, 57% in the rest of Cyprus).
But you are not responsible, my dear lady (from Limassol). It's everyone's fault that they forget us. Temporarily, of course, because with the entry of May, the words "Agia Napa", "Protaras", "let's go to the beach" are automatically included in the vocabulary of every Cypriot!
In a pan-Cypriot TV channel, to imagine, they say the weather in Nicosia, Limassol, Troodos, Larnaca and Paphos. Free Famagusta is not on the map as it seems. A request to this channel, Famagusta is the one on the bottom right.
Of course, I want to believe that something has changed in recent years. How they started to pay attention to the rest of the year (summer was always standard).
First of all, Andreas Georgiou: From Ayia Napa, the child, born in a frenzy, became known by the video game Dream Show and now directs and stars in one of the very successful series of this season, "Aspra Balonia".
In another series, "Santa Giolanta", which may not have been the success that everyone expected, Michalis Sophocleous was impressed by a child from Liopetri, making us laugh, with the awesome "we Liopetrites are a game of lavender" . Oscar, Oscar!
The "Potato Antinachtes, lalo sou" who after 7 years are going through their most successful season, also added a Kokkinohoriati to one of their regular sketches! The case is as follows: Two friends gamble at an agency every week. Marinos Hadjivassiliou, who impersonates an "original red village boy" circulates with the cap in Bob Marley colors. The laughter culminates when he hears about the Paralimni Youth Union and the Renaissance of Deryneia and says "village reee"! When his friend plays one of these two teams to lose in the bet then he says "Oh my gosh"! Because Kotsinochorkatis, his place hurts, friends.
Another successful show of RIK, "Paizoume Kypriaka" also has a taste of Kokkinochoria! The presenter Vasiliki Hatziadamou, apart from her amazing voice, has great comfort next to Giannis Tsimitselis whom she wants to feed kolokasi. Come and promote our national product!
Turning to football, let us remind you that Dimitris Christofi, a child of Onisilos Sotiras, is to date the most expensive transfer from a Cypriot to another Cypriot team. His transfer from ENP to Omonia Nicosia, a team in which he plays until today, is rumored to have cost around 1 million euros. Does Ferguson hear that?
From the stadiums to the tracks, I have to mention that the singers of X Factor 2, Eleftheria Eleftheriou and Ivi Adamou, originally from Frenaros and Ayia Napa respectively, were the only ones who were proposed to by Sakis Rouvas, as soon as they left the game, to work with him! Well, even Sakis understands the good thing when he sees it. This May, Ivi Adamou will represent Cyprus in the Eurovision final, while Eleftheria Eleftheriou will represent Greece. Sakis knew something, we said!
The reason the article was written is because we Kokkinochorians always face a form of racism wherever we go! At least we proudly say our origin, not like some others who, although they come from the outskirts of Nicosia, pretend to be from the capital! You are fighting us, you are underestimating us, you are calling us village children, but if it was the azoula I would say !! Because we know that as the temperature rises a little, you will enter the high-way and go down to Ayia Napa and Protaras!
Y.S. In conclusion, I would like to mention that because I happen to have lived in England to study, I write with all sincerity, that the English only know two basic words when they hear the phrase "I am from Cyprus" and these are: "AGIA NAPA"!