WEATHER

Anogeia

Light Showers
11°C
Wind: 15 Southwest

Rethymno

16°C
Wind: 27 West

Spili

14°C
Wind: 06 West

Fragma Potamon

17°C
Wind: 13 West

Anogia - Zominthos - Zominthos - Nida

Tradition

The remains of the Minoan culture, that is, whatever the excavations managed to bring to light and rescue, consist the most valuable witness of the adeptness in the construction of handmade creations that the Cretans managed to develop since the prehistoric era. Following the steps of their ancestors not only in techniques but also in the aesthetic traditions, today, the people of Crete and mainly the people living in villages put their creativity and the artistic sensitivity into the creation of high quality folk art objects. At the mountainous villages of Milopotamos, Anogeia, Zoniana and Livadia but also in the entire prefecture, the practice of traditional weaving, needlework and knitting blooms and consists the main occupation of the women during their free time. The techniques are passed from the mother to the daughter during the preparation of the dowry, that is, the clothes that the bride takes with her when she lives from her homestead. At weaving, traditional materials such as wool, cotton, flax and silk are being used, which are processed by the women themselves, converted to fiber and weaved on the loom. In many cases, even today, natural colors that come from wild flowers of the Cretan nature are being used.