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A beautiful dying craft - Lefkaritika

“Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently. and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.”
If you are wondering what’s this picture about, this is not just a regular cloth or Aladdin’s magic mat!

This is actually an illustration of the Lefkara laces are handmade laces by elder women from Lefkara. However, younger generations in Lefkara nowadays no longer embroider anymore and this craft is slowly vanishing, which is such a heartbreaking news to hear that a beautiful craft like this are inevitably coming to an end soon.
Often, it’s not easy to free out our time to learn something new or picking up a new hobby.

We often get carried away by our busy schedules and we choose to spend our time on low value activities such watching tv shows, playing video games for our leisure activities.

But do you know that incorporating a hobby into your life can add excitement and spark that it may need to increase your personal satisfaction that you might not have discover already?
In the Greek language, the pronunciation Yah-sas means hello or goodbye - γειά σας. It is a greeting to more people or a more formal and polite way to greet an unknown person.

In the Lefkara village, the Greek is one of the main languages spoken by the local. If you have the chance to travel to the Lefkara village in Cyprus, don’t forget to check out their shops that sells their handmade laces, you’d definitely be awed by its delicacy!

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