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Athienou wedding sweet makes it to Unesco heritage list
January 23, 2019
By Evie Andreou
Athienou Mayor, Kyriacos Kareklas on Tuesday congratulated the producers of the local loukoumi, a traditional sweet given at weddings, for their high standards and for seeing their product registered on the Unesco National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
The renowned Athienou loukoumi, is a very popular sweet preferred by many couples all over Cyprus as a treat for their wedding guests.
Kareklas, in an announcement, thanked the Cypriot national Unesco committee and the education ministry’s cultural services for registering the Athienou wedding loukoumi to the Unesco National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
He also congratulated the producers of the traditional wedding sweet, “for the excellent and high quality of production” which allowed the Municipality of Athienou to propose it for inclusion in the Unesco list.