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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-08-03
CONTENTS
[01] OEB - DOWNER - DONATION
[02] PAFOS APHRODITE FESTIVAL - ``LAKME`` OPERA
[01] OEB - DOWNER - DONATION
The Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) has made a
symbolic donation towards a programme aimed at restoring two religious
sites, a Greek Orthodox church in northern Turkish occupied Cyprus and
a mosque in the southern coastal town of Limassol.
OEB President Andreas Pittas handed to the UNSG Special Representative
in Cyprus Alexander Downer the donation to support the bicommunal
project involving the restoration of Arnavut Mosque in Limassol and the
church of Archangel Michael in the village of Lefkoniko, in the
occupied areas.
The donation was given during a lunch, attended also by Presidential
Commissioner, George Iacovou and the Advisor to the Turkish Cypriot
leader, Ozdil Nami.
[02] PAFOS APHRODITE FESTIVAL - ``LAKME`` OPERA
Pafos Aphrodite Festival will present on September 4, 5 and 6 Leo
Delibes opera ``Lakme``, at Pafos Medieval Castle, performed by the
National Opera of Sofia.
The opera of the French composer Leo Delibes ``Lakme``, in three acts,
is considered one of the most exotic operas ever written and its
prelude is supposedly one of the most sensual.
It premiered at the Paris Opera Comique on April 14, 1883. The
libretto, which is in French, was written by Edmond Condinet and
Philippe Gille and is based on Pierre Loti`s novel Rarahuou - LeMariage
de Loti, that has strong autobiographical elements.
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