{"id":8128,"date":"2004-10-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/28\/parade-at-makarious-iii-avenue\/"},"modified":"2005-05-01T04:21:58","modified_gmt":"2005-05-01T01:21:58","slug":"parade-at-makarious-iii-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/28\/parade-at-makarious-iii-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Parade at Makarious III avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Soldiers\"\/<\/a>Today, as I’ve mentioned before<\/a>, is a national holiday in Cyprus – “Oxi day” which came from Greece. Limassol was celebrating with a huge parade. Many schools and colleges participated as well as military, police, and other government organizations. The demonstration took place at Makarious III avenue, which is one of the central streets of the city.<\/p>\n

The show started at around 11:30. Everything was very well organized, as usual. There were safety zones marked with ropes, and there were lots of guards and policemen who maintained the order. There were plenty of spectators as well. Many of them came with children.<\/p>\n

If you missed the event, there will be some television coverage on local news. Additionally, you can see a whole bunch of pictures<\/a> that I took.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Today, as I’ve mentioned before, is a national holiday in Cyprus – “Oxi day” which came from Greece. Limassol was celebrating with a huge parade. Many schools and colleges participated as well as military, police, and other government organizations. 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