{"id":4505,"date":"2018-09-02T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T13:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karavas.eu\/?page_id=4505"},"modified":"2022-08-12T09:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T06:04:48","slug":"crafts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/en\/karavas\/karavas-yesterday-and-today\/crafts\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts and Crafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-25u3e1-ba44f7c2f95247d07e097f459a9cf8db '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The people of Karavas showed remarkable talent in crafts, like woodcarving and weaving which were organized on a commercial basis.\u00a0 The beautiful \u201cfervolites\u201d lace technique which used to adorn the houses of Karavas was also exploited for commercial purposes, in order to contribute to the family budget. In 2017, the lace \u201cfervolites\u201d was inducted in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>The word &#8220;fervolites&#8221; itself has French origins.\u00a0 In French similar lace is called &#8220;frivolite&#8221;, which means something formed with circles.\u00a0 We also find this lace techninque appearing with slightly different structures, shapes and manufacturing in other European countries, such as Italy, Spain, England, Romania, but to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jr7h8ydh-cdb5ccb0969ec95dfb1f763afd563dff\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-jr7h8ydh-cdb5ccb0969ec95dfb1f763afd563dff .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-jr7h8ydh-cdb5ccb0969ec95dfb1f763afd563dff avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" content=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/en\/karavas\/karavas-yesterday-and-today\/crafts\/\"><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1-495x400.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Sample fervolites'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9748 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9748\"  data-avia-tooltip='Sample fervolites' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia1' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9748 avia-img-lazy-loading-9748\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia1-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia1' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='2' title='Artwork by Ourania Filippou, a Karavas citizen, after 1974'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9750 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9750\"  data-avia-tooltip='Artwork by Ourania Filippou, a Karavas citizen, after 1974' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia2' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9750 avia-img-lazy-loading-9750\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia2-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia2' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='3' title='Folk Art from the Takis Fylaktou museum'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9752 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9752\"  data-avia-tooltip='Folk Art from the Takis Fylaktou museum' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia3' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9752 avia-img-lazy-loading-9752\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia3-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia3' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='4' title='Sample fervolites'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9754 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9754\"  data-avia-tooltip='Sample fervolites' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia4' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9754 avia-img-lazy-loading-9754\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia4-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia4' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5-495x400.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='5' title='Weaving in the town of Karavas &#8211; before 1974'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9756 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9756\"  data-avia-tooltip='Weaving in the town of Karavas &#8211; before 1974' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia5' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9756 avia-img-lazy-loading-9756\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia5-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia5' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='6' title='In a Karavas countryard before 1974 &#8211; Kostas Karavias can be seen in the center'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9758 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9758\"  data-avia-tooltip='In a Karavas countryard before 1974 &#8211; Kostas Karavias can be seen in the center' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia6' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9758 avia-img-lazy-loading-9758\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia6-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia6' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='7' title='Fervolites classes at the Municipality of Karavas&#8217;s Cultural Center'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9760 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9760\"  data-avia-tooltip='Fervolites classes at the Municipality of Karavas&#8217;s Cultural Center' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia7' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9760 avia-img-lazy-loading-9760\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia7-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia7' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8-705x458.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='8' title='Sample fervolites'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9762 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9762\"  data-avia-tooltip='Sample fervolites' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\"  title='xeirotehnia8' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9762 avia-img-lazy-loading-9762\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/xeirotehnia8-495x400.jpg\" title='xeirotehnia8' alt='' 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