Paphos Seafront Kataklysmos Celebrations

[Dominic]

Kataklysmos is a religious and popular festival celebrated on Cyprus, with its roots in both the Bible and Greek mythology. Kataklysmos is the Greek word meaning "flood," and it refers to the Bible's story about Noah in the book of Genesis as well as to a Greek creation myth.

Paphos Sea front is bedecked with stalls selling all kinds of tradition and not-so-traditional Cypriot Goodies. Elsewhere there willbe a number of activities, including a Priest throwing a Cross into the sea, with the subsequent mass of young men trying to claim it afterwards.

If your car gets hit with a water bomb during this period, just treat it as a free car wash.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlt3CKKFt-c

[WHL]

Kataklysmos is a religious and popular festival celebrated on Cyprus, with its roots in both the Bible and Greek mythology. Kataklysmos is the Greek word meaning "flood," and it refers to the Bible's story about Noah in the book of Genesis as well as to a Greek creation myth.

Paphos Sea front is bedecked with stalls selling all kinds of tradition and not-so-traditional Cypriot Goodies. Elsewhere there willbe a number of activities, including a Priest throwing a Cross into the sea, with the subsequent mass of young men trying to claim it afterwards.

If your car gets hit with a water bomb during this period, just treat it as a free car wash.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlt3CKKFt-c

Dominic the throwing of the cross into the sea by the priest happens on January 6th I think, its called the foda, the lights

[Dominic]

Dominic the throwing of the cross into the sea by the priest happens on January 6th I think, its called the foda, the lights

That's what I thought too. But several articles I read talked about it happening here as well. I think what happened was that an original article was written in Greek and it got translated, picking up the error along the way. The error got reproduced several times, in preference to retranslating the original Greek version, and there you are.

Next year I won't mention the cross thing though.