Kozani (Sourdia) - Macedonia - Greece (www.sourdos.gr)
Kozani, the capital city of West Macedonia... *Name: Kozani or Sourdia (from the latin word surditas=deafness because when we do something wrong, we pretend that we are deaf). *Name of inhabitants: Kozanitis,-es or Sourdos,-oi (Sourdian,-s) *population: 50000 inh. aprox. *language: greek and greek dialect of Kozani (=κουζανιώτ'κα/kuzaniot'ka or sourdian dialect). *elevation: 710 meters above the sea level. *motto: "part's svarna"(=win them). *"national" anthem: enteka(=eleven) *"national" food: giaprakia(the christmas food which contains meat and rice in salty vine-leaf), Kichia(cheese pie with circular form). *"national" symbol: The Clocktower in the central square known also as "Mamatsios", or "Sourd Ben". *some neighbourhoods: Sk'rka, Ipirotika, Gitia, Aithanasis, Alonia... *transport: minibuses *"most cosmopolitan beach": Aridagas beach (It's rumoured that behind the hill of Aridagas, in the north of the city, there is a lost beach, which nobody have found yet). *popular songs for Kozani: "Ti Losani, ti Kozani, hionia i mia ke hionia i alli"(=what Lausanne, what Kozani, there is snow in the one, snow in the other). "Irtha ap'tin Kozani, ma epesa se plani, otan se ida angalia, me allon ap'tin Kifissia"(=I came from Kozani, but I fall in plane, when I saw you in the hung of a man from Kifissia). "Se mia diadromi Kozani-Athina, psahno ke roto gia mia Christina"(=In a trip from Kozani to Athens, I'm looking and I'm asking for a girl who is called Christina). *When to <b>...</b>
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