{"id":8105,"date":"2004-10-25T02:52:20","date_gmt":"2004-10-25T00:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/25\/oxi-day-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2005-04-20T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2005-04-20T09:32:19","slug":"oxi-day-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/25\/oxi-day-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"“Oxi day” is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/<\/a>October 28 is a national holiday both in Greece and Cyprus. It is known as “Oxi day” (or “Ochi day”). If you want to know the story behind the holiday, here is a good article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am more concerned about the celebrations that will take place. I suspect there will be a traditional parade in all cities of Cyprus, but I cannot find any information about when and where exactly. I sure that something will be for sure this time, since for two days now I hear the drum practicing sounds from the school nearby my place.<\/p>\n

I want to watch and photograph the parade, but I need more information. If you know anything, let me know via the comments.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

October 28 is a national holiday both in Greece and Cyprus. It is known as “Oxi day” (or “Ochi day”). If you want to know the story behind the holiday, here is a good article. I am more concerned about the celebrations that will take place. I suspect there will be a traditional parade in … Continue reading “Oxi day” is coming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[2422],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2002\/10\/28\/oxi-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":8105,"position":0},"title":"OXI Day","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 28, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"National holiday. 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