Rocky and rugged beaches-Dancing.
Cyprus has Greek and Turkish Cypriots living on it and the population is around 800,000.About 20% of the people are Turkish Cypriots.That's around 140,000 people.Lot's of Turkish people left Cyprus in 1974 but some went back to the South.Education is very good in Cyprus.But people who want to study after secondary school tend to goto England and Greece etc as there are not enough Universities in Cyprus. Dancing.Folk dancing today in Cyprus comes from ritual dancing that used to be performed in Greek temples many many years ago.The dance called "syrtos" has been put onto old Greek vases.Most of the Greek dances are done in a circle motion.This was done and still is done because people thought the circle stopped evil getting in.The popular dance called "kalamatianos" is the dance where people stand in a row and they put their hands on next persons shoulders each side of them. Greek music...
