{"id":17104,"date":"2016-02-26T13:56:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T13:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/?page_id=17104"},"modified":"2022-03-11T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T06:52:13","slug":"festivals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/culture\/festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is an island with a rich heritage of festivals \u2013 where children, youth, dance, art and specialties of individual towns are being celebrated and promoted. <\/strong><br \/>\nTraditional festivals are held every year in local areas of Northern Cyprus, and are particularly popular in the summer season. Traditional forms of entertainment such as funfairs continue to be a part of festivals today. Traditional food and products are also sold at the festivals and are often identified according to their local region. Traditional Turkish Cypriot foods, hand-made souvenirs, and handicrafts are also sold during these festivals. Entertainment programs are varied and range from concerts, fashion shows and beauty contests, to games and funfairs.<br \/>\nBelow are some important festivals in the TRNC:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"m-l-5\">\n<li>Girne Olive Festival (October)<\/li>\n<li>G\u00fczelyurt Orange Festival (June- July)<\/li>\n<li>B\u00fcy\u00fckkonuk Eco Days (May and October)<\/li>\n<li>International Bellapais Music Festival (May-June)<\/li>\n<li>International Ma\u011fusa Culture-Art Festival(June- July)<\/li>\n<li>Cyprus Theatre Festival (September)<\/li>\n<li>Girne Culture and Art Days<\/li>\n<li>Lefke Date Palm Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Up-to-date information about festivals can be obtained from the links below:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magusa.org\/component\/k2\/itemlist\/category\/8-etkinlik-ve-festivaller.html\">http:\/\/www.magusa.org\/component\/k2\/itemlist\/category\/8-etkinlik-ve-festivaller.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tr-tr.facebook.com\/kktcfestivalleri\/\">https:\/\/tr-tr.facebook.com\/kktcfestivalleri\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.girnebelediyesi.com\/festivaller\">http:\/\/www.girnebelediyesi.com\/festivaller<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is an island with a rich heritage of festivals \u2013<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":26175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17104"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63115,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17104\/revisions\/63115"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}