Just a quick post to clarify the difference between today’s bank holiday celebration and the Cypriot independence day.
April 1st – The celebration of the start of EOKA’s guerrilla campaign against the British for independence.
October 1st – Cyprus Independence Day celebration.
There you have it, and now you know.
But no, it’s never just that simple… not in Cyprus, no no no…
@onthisislandmag and the actual day of Independence was August 16, 1960, on the stroke of midnight middleeast.about.com/od/thisdayinmi…
— Ioanna (@ioannaonline) April 1, 2013
(P.S. If you were wondering why there was the sound of bombs going off this morning in Limassol, it was to commemorate the initial strikes taken by EOKA on this day)
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