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Souvla Original Cyprus Song
The new hit of Cyprus island featuring Souvla. The best type of kebab in the world. Souvla
Barbecues are very popular in Cyprus. „Souvla" can be translated with „skewer". Souvla are mainly pieces of Lam or Chicken, grilled on charcoal grill The Cypriots love their Souvla and there can always be a reason to be invited for.
At Easter in Greece, the air is filled with the smell of lamb or kid roasting on spits. Some are modern motorized rotisseries, requiring little supervision, and others are turned by hand for hours, with family and friends taking turns, all the while enjoying the camraderie of the day. This recipe is for lamb on a spit, cooked over wood or hardwood charcoal.
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 whole lamb
* aromatic wood (olive, oak, apple, cherry), or hardwood charcoal
* olive oil
* lemon juice
* sea salt
* pepper
* crushed Greek oregano (rigani)
* crushed garlic (optional)
PREPARATION:
Tip: According to local experts, the best size lamb for spit roasting is generally around 22-25 pounds (10-11 kilos). Cooking time is 3-4 hours.)
Start the fire about 2 hours before cooking.
The spit should be at least 20 inches longer than the lamb (10 inches or more to extend out each side).
Sprinkle the inside of the lamb liberally with salt and pepper and rub in. Lay the lamb on a flat surface and pass the spit between the hind legs, through the stomach cavity and out through the mouth. The lamb's spine should be straight along the line of the spit. Tie the front and hind legs to the spit. Tie the middle of the lamb to the spit or clamp along the spine. (For a larger lamb, tie in two places: behind the front legs and at the top of the hind leg. Sew the stomach cavity closed with butcher's twine or aluminum wire (use a pliers). The lamb should be tied securely and not slip when turned.
With hands rub the entire lamb with lemon juice and oregano.
Place the spit over the fire and spread the coals so they are under the shoulder and thigh (thickest parts). A drip pan can be set under the middle of the animal to catch the juices.
Keep olive oil at hand with a paint brush.
At the beginning, the lamb needs to be turned quickly in order not to burn. Once the fire settles and the lamb is golden all around and starting to crisp, turning can slow, to approximately 1/4 turn every 15 minutes. Replenish wood or charcoal as needed. Brush occasionally with the oil.
Cooking time will depend on the size of the lamb. The skin on the legs and chest of the lamb will crisp and crack open. The color should be a deep brown.
Testing for doneness: With a meat thermometer, internal temperature at the thickest part should be 155F for medium. If you don't have a meat thermometer, stick a knife or skewer into the thigh (thickest part). The juice should run clear.
Lift the spit with the lamb and place on carving surface. Remove wire, ties, clamps, or straps, and carve.
Length: 174
Rating: 4.80 (91 ratings)
Tags: kebab cyprus souvla suvla subla soubla kipros kypros nisi nissi funny pafos paphos lemesos limassol nicosia
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Cyprus running out of water - 9 July 2008
Emergency shipments of fresh water have begun arriving in Cyprus, to prevent citizens from abandoning the island. A devastating drought has left residents with just seventy days of drinkable water. And while the first shipment has been delivered by Greece, faults in a pipeline mean even further delays. Al Jazeera's Hamish Macdonald reports.
Length: 158
Rating: 4.30 (39 ratings)
Tags: al jazeera aljazeera cyprus drought hamish macdonald
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cyprus l2 player
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Συμπέρασμα : Στα @@ μου σας γράφω αν σας "ενοχλεί" το video
Length: 186
Rating: 4.70 (890 ratings)
Tags: cyprus
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Evridiki - Comme Ci, Comme ça (Cyprus Eurovision 2007)
This is the performance from the song presentation show for the Cypriot Eurovision song 2007. The performer is Evridiki, and the song is "Comme Ci, Comme ça". It is French, and means "Like This, Like That". Dimitris Korgialas is the composer, and he is also on stage.
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LYRICS:
Tous les lundis, tu finis le travail trop tard
Et puis la télé et sommeil, quand mon cœur se reveille
Et tous les mardis, tu me dis le matin -- et tu l'oublies
"On ira au ciné", et le soir -- "désolé"
Comme ci, comme ça, la vie passé
Et les bons moments nous dépassent
Comme ci, comme ça, l'amour casse
Routine et paresse nous menacent
Comme ci, comme ça, je n'en peux plus
Je suis déçue, tu m'as perdue
Je reste pas là, comme ci, comme ça
La fin voilà, comme ci, comme ça
Même les samedis à minuit, tu me dis déjà bonne nuit
Tu t'endors quand je sors en te chantant très fort:
Comme ci, comme ça, la vie passé
Et les bons moments nous dépassent
Comme ci, comme ça, l'amour casse
Routine et paresse nous menacent
Comme ci, comme ça, je n'en peux plus
Je suis déçue, tu m'as perdue
Je reste pas là, comme ci, comme ça
La fin voilà, comme ci, comme ça
Comme ci, comme ça, la vie passé
Et les bons moments nous dépassent
Comme ci, comme ça, l'amour casse
Routine et paresse nous menacent
Comme ci, comme ça, je n'en peux plus
Je suis déçue, tu m'as perdue
Je reste pas là, comme ci, comme ça
La fin voilà, comme ci, comme ça
Je reste pas là, comme ci, comme ça
La fin voilà, comme ci, comme ça
Je reste pas là, comme ci, comme ça
La fin viola
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Every Monday, you finish work too late
And then TV and sleep, just as my heart wakes up
And every Tuesday, you tell me in the morning -- and you forget it
"We'll go to the movies", and in the evening -- "sorry"
Like this, like that, life passes by
And the good times pass us over
Like this, like that, love breaks
Routine and laziness threaten us
Like this, like that, I can't take it anymore
I'm disappointed, you've lost me
I'm not sticking around, like this, like that
That's the end, like this, like that
Even on Saturday at midnight, you already tell me good night
You fall asleep just as I go out, singing to yourself very loudly:
Like this, like that, life passes by
And the good times pass us over
Like this, like that, love breaks
Routine and laziness threaten us
Like this, like that, I can't take it anymore
I'm disappointed, you've lost me
I'm not sticking around, like this, like that
That's the end, like this, like that
Like this, like that, life passes by
And the good times pass us over
Like this, like that, love breaks
Routine and laziness threaten us
Like this, like that, I can't take it anymore
I'm disappointed, you've lost me
I'm not sticking around, like this, like that
That's the end, like this, like that
I'm not sticking around, like this, like that
Here's the end, like this, like that
I'm not sticking around, like this, like that
That's the end
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Length: 198
Rating: 4.20 (577 ratings)
Tags: Evridiki Comme Ci ça Ευριδίκη ca Eurovision Cyprus 2007 Κύπρος Dimitris Korgialas Δημήτρης Κοργιαλάς French
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Pioneering Permaculture in Cyprus
Emily Markides came with Charles and Julia Yelton to Cyprus with the goal of introducing Permaculture design to the island. In two months they developed a four season garden for the residents at the Agia Skepi Detox Center.
Below is the article I wrote in the Cyprus Mail to go along with this video:
PERMACULTURE is an 'ethical' form of integrated design that ensures the survival of people and their environment by bringing together organic gardening, architecture, ecology, landscape, agroforestry, green economics and social networks.
The word permaculture was coined in the 1970s by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, who merged the words "permanent agriculture" and "permanent culture". Permaculture design requires the detailed observation of natural systems and the recognition of universal patterns and principles. These 'ecologial truisms' can then be applied to all realms of human activity. In a time of severe water and oil shortages worldwide, this method of design is even more critical as governments scramble to find ways to satisfy the growing demand for scarce natural resources.
It is this sense of urgency that brought Emily Markides and Julia and Charles Yelton to Ayia Skepi, a drug detoxification centre at Filani. Dr. Markides is a native Greek Cypriot from Famagusta who now teaches courses on Building Sustainable Communities and Ecovillages at the University of Maine in the United States. In February, Dr. Markides arrived in Cyprus with her two permaculture colleagues from Australia, Julia and Charles Yelton, with a vision to introduce this sustainable method of agriculture to an island currently facing a severe water shortage.
The Ayia Skepi detoxification centre offered Markides and the Yeltons two acres of land on which, within two months, they designed and planted an "edible forest" comprised of more than 150 fruit trees and nearly 300 aromatic plants, along with climbing bushes and flowers. An edible forest is a home scale garden that produces food by mimicking forest ecosystems and ecological principles.
The process of creating the garden includes the following steps:
1. Locate the appropriate land plot
2. Draw the design
3. Stake the land
4. Dig swales and ponds: the swales are paths that retain water to prevent land erosion. Two ponds were constructed to attract pollinators such as butterflies, bees, and other insects. Rosemary was planted all around the ponds to repel snakes in response to a recommendation by the local priest of Ayios Heraklidios, Father Georgios.
5. Plant the fruit trees: cherry, plum, nectarine, apricot, peach, apple, quince, pear, citrus and many others.
6. Sheet mulch: Spread manure and eight layers of wet newspaper over the land and around the trees, followed by a bed of straw. This process prevents weeds from growing and maintains the moisture in the soil. The newspapers also draw the worms to the surface so that they can naturally till the soil. Each tree is encircled by rocks, which collect the morning dew and moisten the soil.
7. Once the trees are planted, they are intercropped with flowers, vegetables and aromatic plants such as lemon balm, lavender, sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and many more. Intercropping is the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same space at the same time. The point is to make use of resources that would otherwise not be utilised by a single crop.
In total, the three permaculturalists along with a number of local supporters have created a sustainable four-season garden, an edible forest that avoids the land-stripping commonly induced by the large-scale conventional agriculture industry. In addition to the main edible forest, the gardeners, along with the residents of Ayia Skepi, created additionally both an herb garden and a vegetable garden.
It is important to note that permaculture is not only about gardening, but it also implies the utilisation of alternative sources of energy such as geothermal, solar-thermal, wind power, and waste treatment management. Ayia Skepi has already implemented a waste-water treatment system. Ideally, in the next few years, it will be able to harness energy from Cyprus' unlimited supply of sun, as well as wind and rain through all the above alternative technologies. However, this is possible only through the continued assistance of donors and other in-kind supporters, who have already generously supported Ayia Skepi and the creation of the edible forest.
Ayia Skepi proved to be the best place for the application of the principles of permaculture, as the construction and maintenance of the garden has been a viable therapeutic tool for the residents of the detoxification centre. Markides said the idea of introducing permaculture practices to Cyprus was part of a larger vision of hers to see the return of her hometown, Famagusta, to its legal inhabitants and the ultimate reconstruction of the city as a "green zone". She stressed that Famagusta has the potential to become a "model eco-peace city" for all of Europe whereby architects and designers rebuild what is now a derelict ghost town in a sustainable way in which economics, ecology and ethnic difference harmoniously co-exist.
According to the Ayia Skepi permaculturalists, this practice has the potential of addressing, mediating and resolving the pressing social and ecological crises that threaten Cyprus today.
Length: 105
Rating: 4.60 (25 ratings)
Tags: Permaculture Cyprus
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Rival leaders meet in Cyprus - 1 July 2008
Rival Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have been meeting to iron out differences ahead of talks over the reunification of the divided island.
Al Jazeera's Hamish Macdonald reports from the UN buffer zone in Cyprus where leaders came together on grounds that had separated the Turkish north from the Greek south for more than three decades.
Length: 144
Rating: 4.80 (9 ratings)
Tags: al jazeera english turkey cyprus turkish cypriot hamish macdonald
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